Carmanah solar LED lights and the U.S. Department of Defense orders

August 28, 2007, Carmanah Technologies received the U.S. Department of defense has a number of solar LED airport lighting orders, the order value is estimated to be close to $600 thousand, ordered list includes taxiway lights, runway lights, landing lights, lights and other lighting apron edge, which will be installed in the security area more than the forward operating base (forward operating bases).

Carmanah's next generation A704-5 runway edge lights are characterized by a specially designed LED optical device that converts between visible and infrared (night mode) outputs. In addition, the optional wireless control allows the user to adjust the entire airport lighting system or a predetermined set of lights through a remote controller.

Carmanah says it is the world's largest independent solar LED airport lighting supplier, the product can be used in all airport lighting applications (such as the permanent main lighting, temporary lighting, emergency lighting, portable lighting etc.) and is proved with different environmental conditions (such as limiting temperature, sunlight is not sufficient, dust storms and floods) many of the world's largest military institutions, become a choice. Since it was used in the airport in 2003, its robustness and reliability have been proven, and the user has saved up to 90% of the hard wired capital cost. In addition, the installation of this system is only a short period of time and relatively little training, will minimize the impact of airport operations. "

Source: China Semiconductor Lighting Network