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Table of Contents

Inspection and Maintenance Schedules • Miscellaneous • Procedures • Service Bulletins • Service Letters • Setup and Operation Manuals • Specification Sheets • User Manuals

Inspection and Maintenance Schedules
NameRevisionLangSubjectDate
IMS D en SX-16 Nightsun® and SX-5 Starburst12/31/2008
IMS rev en SX-16 Nightsun®1/27/2014
IMS rev en Nightsun® XP Series6/30/2011
Procedures
NameRevisionLangSubjectDate
PC en Searchlight Systems - Lamp Cooling Procedure
PC 034374 en Nightsun® XP Searchlight System Kit and Procedure to Incorporate EASA AD 2010-0183 Conformance9/28/2010
Service Bulletins
NameRevisionLangSubjectDate
SB 1019 en SpectroLink Upgrade to Internal Electronics Board for Improved Robustness Against Voltage Transients10/30/2019
SB SL0110 en SX-5 Searchlights of Potential Xenon Lamp Overheating1/31/2010
SB SL0198-01 Amend A en Terminal Lug Crimps - All Searchlight Products with 6 AWG and 8 AWG Wires2/9/2006
SB SL0214 en SX-16 Searchlight Cooling Enhancements12/15/2014
SB SL0600-01 Amend A en SX-16 Nightsun® Junction Boxes1/13/2010
SB SL0810-01 Amend 2 en Gimbal Azimuth Top Hex Nut9/24/2010
SB SL0810-01 Amend 3 en Gimbal Azimuth Top Hex Nut9/27/2010
SB SL0898-02 Amend A en SX-16 Nightsun® Junction Box Wiring Modification2/9/2006
SB SL0899-01 Amend 1 en Gimbal Arm Service Life2/3/2014
SB SL0899-01 Amend 2 en Gimbal Arm Service Life3/19/2020
SB SL0899-01 Amend A en Gimbal Arm Service Life8/25/1999
Service Letters
NameRevisionLangSubjectDate
SL SL0616 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
SOM 031734 E en SX-16 Nightsun® Searchlight System6/9/2010
SOM 033566 G en Nightsun® XP Searchlight System5/5/2011
SOM 033566 H en Nightsun® XP Searchlight System8/3/2011
SOM 033566 L en Nightsun® XP Searchlight System7/23/2015
SOM 033600 E en SpectroLink12/9/2008
SOM 033600 F en SpectroLink2/28/2011
SOM 033600 G en SpectroLink12/5/2012
SOM 033600 H en SpectroLink5/16/2013
SOM 034626 A en SX-7 Starsun Searchlight System6/18/2014
Specification Sheets
NameRevisionLangSubjectDate
SS 044975 en 044975: 2V, Dual-Junction GaAs Power Converter6/1/2012
SS 6V en 6V GaAs Dual Junction Laser Power Converter
SS 10Gb/s A en 10 Gb/s InGaAs P-I-N Photodector Die5/24/2012
SS 200 A en 200 Low Capacitance InGaAs Avalanche Photodetector (APD) Die5/24/2012
SS C3P5 en C3P5 Improved CPV Technology with Fifth Generation Wafer Processing
SS CHIS C en CHIS® Commercial High Intensity Searchlight4/3/2009
SS CPV en CPV Point Focus Solar Cells - C4MJ Metamorphic Fourth Generation CPV Technology
SS LAC090814 en Nightsun® XP Searchlight System Control Options & Comparison Matrix
SS LAPS II en Large Area Pulsed Solar Simulator - LAPSS II
SS Nightsun XP en Nightsun® XP High Intensity Searchlight System5/31/2017
SS Nightsun XP IR LED en Nightsun® XP IR LED In Flight Change Over - IR LED8/31/2019
SS Nightsun XP IR LED en Nightsun® XP IR LED Searchlight System5/31/2015
SS Nightsun XPM IR LED en Nightsun® XPM IR LED MIL-SPEC High Intensity Searchlight System8/31/2019
SS NSXP-DS H en Nightsun® XP Searchlight2/9/2010
SS Par-46 en Par-46 Search Landing Light SLL 46-2005/31/2017
SS SpectroLink en SpectroLink - Integrated Communication Link System5/31/2017
SS SpectroLink H en SpectroLink - Integrated Communication Linking System for Spectrolab Searchlights4/3/2009
SS SpectroSun X-25B en SpectroSun® X-25B Mark II Steady State Solar Simulator3/31/2017
SS SX-5 D en SX-5 Starburst2/13/2009
SS SX-5 Starburst en SX-5 Starburst5/31/2017
SS SX-7 en SX-7 Starsun Searchlight System3/27/2014
SS SX-7 Starsun en SX-7 Starsun High Intensity Searchlight System5/31/2017
SS SX-16 en SX-16 Enhanced Nightsun® IFCO - In Flight Change Over to Infrared4/30/2020
SS SX-16 en SX-16 Nightsun®5/31/2017
SS SX-16 en SX-16 Nightsun® Enhanced High Intensity Searchlight System1/31/2018
SS SX-16 en SX-16 Nightsun® IFCO - In Flight Change Over5/31/2017
SS SX-16 E en SX-16 Nightsun®4/3/2009
SS SX-16 E/P B en SX-16 Nightsun® E/P Patrol Aircraft Searchlight2/9/2010
SS SX-16 Enh C en SX-16 Nightsun® Enhanced2/9/2010
SS SX-16 Enh Inf A en SX-16 Enhanced Nightsun® IFCO (In-Flight Change Over) w/Infrared Filter2/9/2010
SS UTJ en Ultra Triple Junction (UTJ)7/16/2018
SS XTE-HF en XTE-HF (High Fluence) Space Qualified Triple Junction Solar Cell
SS XTE-LILT en XTE-LILT (Low Intensity Low Temreature) Space Qualified Triple Junction Solar Cell
SS XTE-SF en XTE-SF (Standard Fluence) Space Qualified Triple Junction Solar Cell
SS XTJ en 29.5% NeXt Triple Junction (XTJ)7/16/2018
SS XTJ Prime en 30.7% XTJ Prime Space Qualified Triple Junction Solar Cell7/16/2018
User Manuals
NameRevisionLangSubjectDate
UM 031718 B en SX-5 Starburst Searchlight3/18/2005
UM 031718 C en SX-5 Starburst Searchlight6/25/2014
Miscellaneous
NameRevisionLangSubjectDate
Draw 033704-2-OEM en Nightsun® XP IR LED Searchlight & Gimbal Assy Outline & Mounting12/16/2014
PreCP en SX-16 Nightsun® and SX-5 Starburst Preflight Check Points1/31/2011