These systems are manufactured at the Company's Ulverston and at Oxley Inc.'s Branford Connecticut facilities.

Oxley has supplied a number of covert LED systems compatible to NVGs to the U.K. and U.S. Armed forces.

In addition to LED exterior NVG-compatible lighting, Oxley will also be showing an NVG compatible dashboard with NV floodlighting for instrument illumination, mounted on the Hobson Industries Land Rover with OXLED in the cabin of the Land Rover.

Dr Tim Bushell, Technical Director of Oxley said, "There are some operational scenarios where vehicle lights must not be detected by an NVG-equipped enemy. IR secure covers are the solution, removing the near IR energy and providing a dim visible green output from the headlights or driving lights. Night Vision Goggles are however, an increasingly significant element in night operational capability, allowing drivers to see at night.

For these situations, custom designed Night Vision Lighting systems for both internal and external lighting from Oxley add a further dimension to this capability, allowing drivers to see further, drive faster and with reduced risk of damaging the vehicle. By using Oxley filtering and IR emitting and illumination techniques to modify vehicles to be used in night time operations, driver safety is greatly improved.

"Incidents such as the drivers view through the goggle being obliterated by a warning light flaring are virtually eliminated."

Installing a complete Oxley Night Vision lighting suite will significantly enhance the driving capabilities of any vehicle, on the darkest of nights, in conditions of heavy overcast and in low reflectivity terrain. With these driving lights fitted, vehicles have the advantage of driving at normal daylight speeds, whilst using Night Vision Goggles at night.

The lights produce a carefully tailored beam shape which has been designed to illuminate a precise area in front of the vehicle and maximise the performance of the goggle. They also maintain a low IR signature which reduces the risk of detection by the enemy.

The new OXLED system consists of a range of seven separate low-powered LED lights which can be varied in colour or strength to suit the required conditions. The system is already fielded on a range of field hospital surgical and ward units and other specialised communication shelters and command post containers.

Dr Bushell said, "Oxley has a wealth of experience engineering products for military environments. The new ruggedized OXLED packs developed for military tentage is no exception.

It can be rolled up in the tent during transportation and fielded in minutes on arrival without any worry about breakage of bulbs of fitments. In addition there is no concern about broken glass or mercury spillage common on old style incandescent or fluorescent lighting. Features such as remotely switchable blackout lighting and battery back-up can be incorporated into a single package."

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