NATO STANAG 4381 Dimming Lighting Systems for Tactical Ground Vehicles

EUROLAB laboratory provides testing and compliance service within the scope of NATO STANAG 4381 standard. STANAG standards, which are NATO standard agreements, determine the military standards of NATO member countries. The purpose of the STANAG 4381 standard published in this draft is to guide member states in the design and implementation of emergency lighting systems on tactical ground vehicles.

Gaining a military advantage often requires military convoys to travel in the dark. Vehicles should operate with their normal headlights and taillights turned off, but must use dimming lights to provide sufficient light for driving and reduce horizontal and vertical glare to avoid being seen by the enemy.

Military vehicles have two types of dimming lights: marker lights and driving lights. Dark lights indicate the vehicle's position to other drivers in the queue, but do not illuminate the road. These lights also act as turn signals under normal conditions.

Disabling the light design has always required a difficult balance between providing enough light to activate it and minimizing the risk of enemy detection. Older car dimming headlights are ineffective in both areas. Also, conventional dimming lamps have a high failure rate and are unreliable. The 24-volt incandescent bulbs used in these lights require a very thin filament, making the bulbs more susceptible to burning and flickering.

However, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have made significant advances in recent years, offering the opportunity to solve many of the dim lighting problems for military vehicles, while continuing to use standard dimming lighting systems on most vehicle platforms. Today, new technologies are used in vehicles such as tracked load system, heavy-duty transport system and powerful extended tactical truck.

EUROLAB assists manufacturers with NATO STANAG 4381 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.