Hoffman’s PAR64 LED Landing Light is rated for more than 50,000 hours of operating life and maintains over 600,000 candela output over its entire service life. In comparison, the output of the incandescent bulb degrades quickly over the service life of the lamp, losing as much as 50% of initial output in the first 30 hours of a bulb’s 100 hour rated operating life.

The innovative control electronics, ruggedized housing and LED design of Hoffman’s PAR64 solve inherent incandescent design concerns such as abbreviated service life and premature failure due to extreme temperatures, shock, vibration and weather that result in costly service delays. This new LED Landing Light consumes only 10% of the power required by current sealed-beam lamp technology. Operating at 80% efficiency, and losing just 20% of its energy as heat, the PAR64 LED design eliminates the possibility of structural damage to aircraft bodies from thermal radiation.

The PAR64 LED Landing Light consumes only 60W of power compared to the 600W required for incandescent landing lamps. This reduced draw results in lower energy consumption and increased savings across an aircraft fleet. The LED Landing Light also provides a significantly higher color temperature light output and superior brightness, improving aircrew visual acuity and aircraft visibility.

Designed as a direct drop-in replacement to Q4559 and Q4559X lamps, the PAR64 LED Landing Light is easy to install and requires no airframe modifications or training for maintenance. The lamp assembly is ROHS, WEEE and REACH compliant, recyclable, and free of toxic chemicals. Designed for safety, the PAR64 features three independent LED light sources to provide triple redundant reliability in the event of an LED failure. The protective lens is UV resistant, hard-coated, and shatterproof.

The 722-1232-001 meets all photopic requirements for the existing ANSI 1680 Lamp and as a solid state LED solution, it provides excellent shock and vibration resistance eliminating the failures that are commonly seen with incandescent lamps. The LED Tail Light is one of several Lighting Solutions Hoffman has developed for the F-15 Program. If you would like more information on this product or additional F-15 LED lighting solutions please contact a Hoffman representative.

The LED sources are filtered for NVIS White IAW MIL-STD-3009, providing excellent color rendering and superior IR suppression. They are lightweight and use a minimum behind panel clearance making them useful in a multitude of applications. The lights can be mated to our 723-1211-1000 and 2000 series of potentiometers where dimming is desired. While this model is a 28VDC application, alternative voltages can be provided at the request of the user.

Constructed of rugged black anodized aluminium, the unit is engineered to withstand the rigorous environments of air, land and sea applications.

Along with mounting holes designed into the case for hard mounting, a magnetic base is built into the unit making it especially useful for maintenance or mobile operations as it can be mounted to virtually any metal surface. Featuring digital controls for On/Off and dimming, it makes use of the light easy even with gloved hands.

This highly versatile instrument panel floodlight may be used as a renewable substitute for light-sticks. While many aircraft crewstations are awaiting full NVIS modifications, NVG missions must be flown in a safe lighting environment. Hoffman’s portable floodlight is a MIL-STD-3009 compliant substitute for single use light-sticks. The lightweight power-pack contains four “AA” batteries and a potentiometer, which provides full dimming to zero with a tactile “off” position to preserve battery life. Following NVG missions, the pair may be taken from the aircraft and stored for future use. The light is available in compliant Green A or NVIS White.

Many older aircraft utilize dual purpose, two lamp light fixtures for general area illumination. These fixtures contain both red and unfiltered white lamps. Most are S-8 305 or 307 types with 307R or 311R in the red position. The red was used for night operations. Today much of that work is accomplished while wearing, or near those wearing, Night Vision Goggles (NVG). These goggles will not tolerate red light. Now the user can substitute the 723-1244-001 for the red lamp, making the light fixture NVG compatible without rewiring or adding a switch to the aircraft. Some users have opted to also replace the white lamp with our 721-1185-001 (NSN 6250-01-549-4683) for greater light, longer life and less current.

Among the many benefits of this new design are: greatly improved Illuminance, low current draw, high reliability, “cool” operation and lighter weight. The LED sources used have a rated life of 50,000 hours. Unlike standard incandescent lamps, LED’s can achieve this long life, as there are no filaments to fail due to shock or vibration. NVIS versions are also available in NVIS White or NVIS Green A.