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Inspection and Maintenance Schedules
NameRevisionLangSubjectDate
D en SX-16 Nightsun® and SX-5 Starburst12/31/2008
revised en SX-16 Nightsun®01/27/2014
revised en Nightsun® XP Series06/30/2011
Procedures
NameRevisionLangSubjectDate
en Searchlight Systems - Lamp Cooling Procedure
en Nightsun® XP Searchlight System Kit and Procedure to Incorporate EASA AD 2010-0183 Conformance09/28/2010
Service Bulletins
NameRevisionLangSubjectDate
en SpectroLink Upgrade to Internal Electronics Board for Improved Robustness Against Voltage Transients10/30/2019
en SX-5 Searchlights of Potential Xenon Lamp Overheating01/31/2010
Amend A en Terminal Lug Crimps - All Searchlight Products with 6 AWG and 8 AWG Wires02/09/2006
en SX-16 Searchlight Cooling Enhancements12/15/2014
Amend A en SX-16 Nightsun® Junction Boxes01/13/2010
Amend 2 en Gimbal Azimuth Top Hex Nut09/24/2010
Amend 3 en Gimbal Azimuth Top Hex Nut09/27/2010
Amend A en SX-16 Nightsun® Junction Box Wiring Modification02/09/2006
Amend 1 en Gimbal Arm Service Life02/03/2014
Amend 2 en Gimbal Arm Service Life03/19/2020
Amend A en Gimbal Arm Service Life08/25/1999
Service Letters
NameRevisionLangSubjectDate
en Nightsun® XP Searchlight System of a Potential Damage to Wire Harness Manufactured Internal or External to Spectrolab10/31/2016
Setup and Operation Manuals
NameRevisionLangSubjectDate
E en SX-16 Nightsun® Searchlight System06/09/2010
G en Nightsun® XP Searchlight System05/05/2011
H en Nightsun® XP Searchlight System08/03/2011
L en Nightsun® XP Searchlight System07/23/2015
E en SpectroLink12/09/2008
F en SpectroLink02/28/2011
G en SpectroLink12/05/2012
H en SpectroLink05/16/2013
A en SX-7 Starsun Searchlight System06/18/2014
Specification Sheets
NameRevisionLangSubjectDate
en 044975: 2V, Dual-Junction GaAs Power Converter06/01/2012
en 6V GaAs Dual Junction Laser Power Converter
A en 10 Gb/s InGaAs P-I-N Photodector Die05/24/2012
A en 200 Low Capacitance InGaAs Avalanche Photodetector (APD) Die05/24/2012
en C3P5 Improved CPV Technology with Fifth Generation Wafer Processing
C en CHIS® Commercial High Intensity Searchlight04/03/2009
en CPV Point Focus Solar Cells - C4MJ Metamorphic Fourth Generation CPV Technology
en Nightsun® XP Searchlight System Control Options & Comparison Matrix
en Large Area Pulsed Solar Simulator - LAPSS II
en Nightsun® XP High Intensity Searchlight System05/31/2017
en Nightsun® XP IR LED In Flight Change Over - IR LED08/31/2019
en Nightsun® XP IR LED Searchlight System05/31/2015
en Nightsun® XPM IR LED MIL-SPEC High Intensity Searchlight System08/31/2019
H en Nightsun® XP Searchlight02/09/2010
en Par-46 Search Landing Light SLL 46-20005/31/2017
en SpectroLink - Integrated Communication Link System05/31/2017
H en SpectroLink - Integrated Communication Linking System for Spectrolab Searchlights04/03/2009
en SpectroSun® X-25B Mark II Steady State Solar Simulator03/31/2017
D en SX-5 Starburst02/13/2009
en SX-5 Starburst05/31/2017
en SX-7 Starsun Searchlight System03/27/2014
en SX-7 Starsun High Intensity Searchlight System05/31/2017
en SX-16 Enhanced Nightsun® IFCO - In Flight Change Over to Infrared04/30/2020
en SX-16 Nightsun®05/31/2017
en SX-16 Nightsun® Enhanced High Intensity Searchlight System01/31/2018
en SX-16 Nightsun® IFCO - In Flight Change Over05/31/2017
E en SX-16 Nightsun®04/03/2009
B en SX-16 Nightsun® E/P Patrol Aircraft Searchlight02/09/2010
C en SX-16 Nightsun® Enhanced02/09/2010
A en SX-16 Enhanced Nightsun® IFCO (In-Flight Change Over) w/Infrared Filter02/09/2010
en Ultra Triple Junction (UTJ)07/16/2018
en XTE-HF (High Fluence) Space Qualified Triple Junction Solar Cell
en XTE-LILT (Low Intensity Low Temreature) Space Qualified Triple Junction Solar Cell
en XTE-SF (Standard Fluence) Space Qualified Triple Junction Solar Cell
en 29.5% NeXt Triple Junction (XTJ)07/16/2018
en 30.7% XTJ Prime Space Qualified Triple Junction Solar Cell07/16/2018
User Manuals
NameRevisionLangSubjectDate
B en SX-5 Starburst Searchlight03/18/2005
C en SX-5 Starburst Searchlight06/25/2014
Miscellaneous
NameRevisionLangSubjectDate
en Nightsun® XP IR LED Searchlight & Gimbal Assy Outline & Mounting12/16/2014
en SX-16 Nightsun® and SX-5 Starburst Preflight Check Points01/31/2011