Latest contract brings the total to eight Navajo-class vessels Glamox has lit

Katy, TX, USA, 4 February 2026: Glamox, one of the world’s leading lighting companies, has secured a contract from Austal USA to supply exterior and interior LED marine lighting for the future USNS James D Fairbanks (T-ATS 13), the latest Navajo-Class (T-ATS) Towing, Salvage, and Rescue ship being constructed for the US Navy (USN). This new contract brings the total to three T-ATS ships that Glamox is lighting for Austal USA. Previously, Glamox was awarded contracts to light five T-ATS vessels from Bollinger Houma Shipyards.

For the future USNS James D Fairbanks, Glamox will supply 914 lights. They include navigation lights, floodlights, explosion-proof lighting, deck lighting, and lights for the interior of the vessel – from rooms, corridors and stairwells to crew quarters. The lighting will be delivered in Spring 2026 and fitted by Austal USA at its shipyard in Mobile, Alabama.

“We are proud to be supplying lighting for this workhorse of the seas, which will enter service in 2028. This latest order, along with orders from navies worldwide, highlights Glamox’s marine defence lighting capabilities, which range from lights for inshore rescue boats to large aircraft carriers,” said John O’Driscoll, General Manager of Glamox in North America.

T-ATS vessels will provide ocean-going towing, salvage and rescue capabilities to support fleet operations. They have a multi-mission common-hull platform capable of towing USN ships and will combine the capabilities of the retiring Rescue and Salvage Ship (T-ARS 50) and the Fleet Ocean Tug (T-ATF 166) vessels. The T-ATS series will be able to support current missions, including towing, salvage, rescue, oil spill response, humanitarian assistance, and wide-area search and surveillance.

The T-ATS vessels may also enable future rapid capability initiatives, such as supporting modular payloads with hotel services and appropriate interfaces. Their large, unobstructed 6,000 square feet (557 square metres) of deck space allows for the embarkation of a variety of stand-alone and interchangeable systems.

In addition to the T-ATS series, Glamox worked with Austal USA to supply lights for the auxiliary floating dry dock medium (AFDM) and navigation lights for the USN’s Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1700-class vessels.

Picture caption: Astist’s impression of a Navajo-class T-ATS vessel.  Photo Credit: Austal USA

For more information, please contact: 

Neil Pattie, Glamox Corporate Communications, Tel: +44 7784 086530, Email: neil.pattie@glamox.com 
Silje Grip, Glamox Marketing, Tel: +47 712 46339, E-mail: Silje.Kristin.Grip@glamox.com;

Mark A. Schaferkotter Tel: +1 504-782-7288 mark.schaferkotter@glamox.com

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About Glamox 

Glamox is a leading lighting company that provides quality energy-efficient lighting for professional buildings in Europe and the world’s marine, offshore, and wind markets. Our mission is to provide sustainable lighting solutions that improve the performance and well-being of people. We are committed to achieving net-zero operations by 2030.  

Glamox has a Corporate Sales Office in Katy, Texas, and production facilities in North America.

Glamox is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, and isprivately owned by Triton and Fondsavanse and is a subsidiary of GLX Holding AS. Glamox AS employs around 2,000 professionals with sales and production in Europe, Asia, and North America. In 2025, its annual revenues were NOK 4,447 million. It owns a range of quality lighting brands, including Glamox, Aqua Signal, ES-SYSTEM, Küttel, LINKSrechts, LiteIP, Luminell, Luxo, Luxonic, MARL, Norselight, and Wasco. For more information, please see www.glamox.com