News Review: Oxley to supply LEDs for HMAS Collins | ADM Mar 2010

1 March 2010

British firm Oxley has won a $473,000 contract from ASC Pty Ltd to provide a fully qualified LED lighting system for HMAS Collins.

The LED lights will be installed throughout the submarine including the accommodation and weapons stowage areas, replacing existing fluorescent lamps.

The more reliable solid-state LEDs will enhance lighting and reduce through-life maintenance costs and the need to hold spare fluorescent tubes onboard.

In some instances the lights will include explosion-proof ratings, dimmer switches and integral battery back-up, but they won't replace embedding lighting, for example instrument lighting in the submarine's control room delivery of the first fully tested and qualified lighting suite is scheduled for the first quarter of 2011.

The company is hoping for a follow-on contract to install a similar LED lighting suite aboard the remainder of the Collins class fleet.