Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on storage devices, for drone-augmented emergency response services. In one aspect, a monitoring system, comprising: a plurality of monitoring control units, and a monitoring application server, wherein the monitoring application server includes a network interface, one or more processors, and one or more storage devices that include instructions to perform operations. The operations include receiving an emergency event notification from a first monitoring control unit of the plurality of monitoring control units, determining a type of emergency event, and a location associated with the emergency event notification, identifying one or more drones that can be deployed to the location associated with the emergency event, and transmitting an instruction to a monitoring station server associated with a drone base station to deploy the one or more identified drones to the location associated with the emergency event.

Aircraft headlight includes at least one light source; and a light transmissive cover, at least partially covering the at least one light source. The light transmissive cover includes a first layer made of a first material; a second layer made of a second material, which differs from the first material; and at least one electric heating wire for heating the light transmissive cover by passing an electric current through the electric heating wire. The at least one electric heating wire is embedded into the first layer.

Aircraft headlight includes at least one light source; and a light transmissive cover, at least partially covering the at least one light source. The light transmissive cover includes a first layer made of a first material; a second layer made of a second material, which differs from the first material; and at least one electric heating wire for heating the light transmissive cover by passing an electric current through the electric heating wire. The at least one electric heating wire is embedded into the first layer.

A light system for an aircraft is provided. A light system may include a sensor and a first aircraft light. A controller may be coupled to the sensor and the first aircraft light and may perform operations including receiving data from the sensor, determining a status of the aircraft based on the data, and controlling the first aircraft light based on the status of the aircraft. The first aircraft light may include an external aircraft light and the operations may further include at least one of activating or deactivating the external aircraft light based on the status of the aircraft.

A light system for an aircraft is provided. A light system may include a sensor and a first aircraft light. A controller may be coupled to the sensor and the first aircraft light and may perform operations including receiving data from the sensor, determining a status of the aircraft based on the data, and controlling the first aircraft light based on the status of the aircraft. The first aircraft light may include an external aircraft light and the operations may further include at least one of activating or deactivating the external aircraft light based on the status of the aircraft.

The present invention is a lighting fixture device with a frustoconical housing. The frustoconical housing has a housing edge and an inner housing chamber accessible by a housing aperture. This inner housing chamber includes a parabolic reflective surface with multiple symmetrical reflective sections. Each reflective section includes at least one focal point. The device also includes an LED board mounting post forming a vertical axis through the vertex of the parabolic reflective surface. The LED board mounting post includes at least one mounting surface, to which is mounted multiple LED boards. Each LED board includes at least one LED. A central axis of each LED is aligned with at least one of the focal points.

The present invention is a lighting fixture device with a frustoconical housing. The frustoconical housing has a housing edge and an inner housing chamber accessible by a housing aperture. This inner housing chamber includes a parabolic reflective surface with multiple symmetrical reflective sections. Each reflective section includes at least one focal point. The device also includes an LED board mounting post forming a vertical axis through the vertex of the parabolic reflective surface. The LED board mounting post includes at least one mounting surface, to which is mounted multiple LED boards. Each LED board includes at least one LED. A central axis of each LED is aligned with at least one of the focal points.

An exterior aircraft light unit includes a mounting structure, an LED arranged on the mounting structure, and an optical system, arranged on the mounting structure for creating an output light emission distribution of the exterior aircraft light unit. The optical system has, in a first cross-sectional plane extending through the LED, a first concave reflector and a second concave reflector, each of the first and second concave reflectors having a proximate end positioned adjacent to the mounting structure and a distal end positioned removed from the mounting structure, with the first and second concave reflectors being arranged on opposite sides of the LED in the first cross-sectional plane, and a refractive optical element arranged between the first and second concave reflectors in the first cross-sectional plane. The distal ends of both the first and second concave reflectors that curve towards each other and have back-tapered shapes.

An exterior aircraft light unit includes a mounting structure, an LED arranged on the mounting structure, and an optical system, arranged on the mounting structure for creating an output light emission distribution of the exterior aircraft light unit. The optical system has, in a first cross-sectional plane extending through the LED, a first concave reflector and a second concave reflector, each of the first and second concave reflectors having a proximate end positioned adjacent to the mounting structure and a distal end positioned removed from the mounting structure, with the first and second concave reflectors being arranged on opposite sides of the LED in the first cross-sectional plane, and a refractive optical element arranged between the first and second concave reflectors in the first cross-sectional plane. The distal ends of both the first and second concave reflectors that curve towards each other and have back-tapered shapes.

An exterior aircraft light includes a base plate and a plurality of lighting units arranged on the base plate, wherein each of the plurality of lighting units includes an elongated LED light source for emitting light, the elongated LED light source having a light emitting surface with a longitudinal extension and a transverse extension, with the longitudinal extension being greater than the transverse extension and with a projection of the longitudinal extension onto the base plate defining an orientation direction of the elongated LED light source, and a collimating optical system for collimating the light emitted by the elongated LED light source towards a main output direction, wherein the plurality of lighting units has at least a first lighting unit and a second lighting unit.