The Astronics DME Corp. Airfield Lighting Systems & NavAids segment in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will use advanced LED lighting to replace taxiway light fixtures at Air Force bases in the continental U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii under terms of a potential $7.4 million five-year contract announced Thursday. LED lighting experts from Astronics DME will begin the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) airport lighting contract immediately by replacing 600 lights in a $72,000 order

Astronics DME Airfield Lighting Systems designs and builds airfield taxiway and runway lights, including state-of-the-art LED fixtures, such as the blue LED omni-directional taxiway edge light to delineate the edges of airport taxiways, holding bays, and aprons; quartz lights for runway edge and non-precision instrument-flight-rules (IFR) runways; quartz high intensity runway lights for runway edges, thresholds, displaced thresholds, and precision IFR runways; and elevated runway guard lights with dual alternating yellow light signals to enhance the visibility of taxiway holding positions at entrances to runways.