Honeywell LED Wingtip Lighting Now Standard on Airbus A320 Family Aircraft
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Author: LIGHTimes News Staff

March 5, 2010... Honeywell announced today that its LED wingtip navigation lighting is now standard on new production Airbus A320 Family aircraft, comprising the A318, A319, A320 and A321. Honeywell boasts that its LED wingtip navigation lighting lasts up to 40 times longer than current halogen technology, greatly reducing operator maintenance costs. The company indicated that drop-in LED replacements make maintenance quicker and easier.

"Honeywell's LED lighting solution ensures safety by guaranteeing light output is always bright enough to be compliant with Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR)," said Jeff Johnston, vice president of Platform Components, Honeywell Aerospace. "Our technology accurately determines the life of the light to ensure continued airworthiness instead of letting it dim beyond standards, which allows operators to proactively plan maintenance."

Honeywell offers retrofit LED wingtip lighting for the A320 Family also. It requires no aircraft modification for the lighting installation. This product is part of an overall suite of fourth generation LED aircraft lighting products that the company has provided for commercial and military planes for more than a decade. Honeywell News Release

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