US Navy Sea Fighter (FSF-1)
Photo courtesy of the US Navy
Photo courtesy of the US Navy
Photo courtesy of the US Navy
Photo courtesy of the US Navy
RSL Fiber Systems, in collaboration with C3I, Inc. (www.c3i-USA.com), installed the first Advanced Lighting System™ on the Navy’s high-speed vessel, the Sea Fighter (FSF-1), providing flight deck illumination with automated controls.
US Navy LPD 17 ClassPhoto courtesy of the US Navy
RSL Fiber Systems is providing the navigation lighting system for the LPD 17 class ships.
US Navy DDG 1000 ClassPhoto courtesy of the US Navy
RSL Fiber Systems is providing advanced lighting engineering services for applications onboard the US Navy’s new Stealth Destroyer, the DDG 1000.
Military : Evolution
RSL Fiber Systems Evolution to Shipboard Advanced Lighting System™
US Navy Lighting Control System History
1997-1998: Legacy Fiber Optic System
- Stove Pipe, hard-wired approach.
- Individual controls for individual light groups
- Universal lighting control system non-existent
1998: US DDG 78 Class Installation
- Controls for some lighting groups using ship’s existing lighting network
- Universal lighting control system remains non-existent
- Used plastic PMMA cables with poor results
2001: US Navy, ONR/ManTech Fiber Optic Cable Improvement Program
- RSL Fiber Systems collaborates with Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, DRAKA, Polymicro, and PSU Electro Optic Center (ONR Center of Excellence) to develop high performance, silica based fiber optic cable
2003: US Shipbuilder’s IRAD (Independent Research and Development)
- RSL Fiber Systems, with C3I, provides controls for Remote Source Lighting test system
- RSL Fiber Systems, with C3I, expands scope of work to include Shipboard Advanced Lighting System™, created with guidance of shipbuilder and Navy
2003: RSL Fiber Systems Contracted to Provide Fiber Optic Navigation Lighting System Onboard the LPD 17 class ships
2004-2005: Shipboard Advanced Lighting System™
- Created to meet demands of 21st century US Navy
- Reduced manpower
- Multi-mission capabilities
- NVIS aided operations
- Lower overall ship life cycle costs