Affordable, Advanced Lighting System

This proposal will evaluate the technical feasibility and design of a new lighting source and fixture system enclosure which will meet and exceed the current Navy MILSPEC designs. This new lighting system will utilize both state-of –the-art LED multicolored light sources in combination with a new magnifying polymer enclosure as well as a high output fluorescent light source with an indirect reflective configuration to provide a low cost option for variable chromaticity and intensities of light sources within the lighting system. The lighting system will utilize the existing ships power systems. Through the use of two light sources (fluorescent and White LED) and advanced optic configurations with polymer magnification, various lighting colors, wavelengths, and lumen intensities can be achieved in a low cost fashion which meets the objectives of this Navy SBIR topic. In addition, integrated control gear and power controls will be designed to meet all Navy specifications for the design. New polymer based fixture infrastructure will meet existing technical specifications including shock, vibration and other Navy criteria such as operation in both series and parallel configurations.BENEFITS: The anticipated benefits of this proposal would be the design and deployment of the next generation of commercially based LED lighting. This lighting would be 100 times more efficient than incandescent lamps and 5 times more efficient than fluorescents. This new lighting system will revolutionize commercial lighting and create fixtures for the Navy that would need little or no maintenance for 20 year periods.