RON PETERS Original Founder of NASA SEARCHLIGHTS & Searchlight Express

Ron’s technical abilities began at the wee age of 3 years old when he successfully assembled his first toy box by himself. He then went on to gain over 45 years experience in multiple technical fields including Electronics, Computers, Geophysics, Audio Visual, Lighting, Sound, Multimedia Production, Music Composition and Audio Engineering.

Ron started in Searchlight promotions in 1983 with Aries V / Advanced Lighting & Engineering® in Denver Colorado. In 2001 Ron Started his own Outdoor Promotions company founded in Corpus Christi, Texas called Searchlight Express® and went on to not only do all things in the searchlight promotions field but also sub contracted his services for several other promotion companies including Hollywood Lights, Horizon Searchlights, Concert Concepts, Fast lane Productions, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, and many more.
Ron is well known for making things happen where others could not!

In 2003 Ron began working directly with his longtime business associate of 35 years and good friend Jerry Wayne who had originally started his own outdoor promotions company in San Antonio, TX in 1983. Then in 2013, Ron brought Jerry on board along with Greg Herschell and re-formed Searchlight Express into North American Searchlight Advertising.
Ron is the original founder and creator of NASA Searchlights and is proud to have partnered with Jerry and Greg creating the NUMBER ONE, most cutting edge Searchlight Promotions company on planet earth!

Ron brings over 33 years of experience and expertise to NASA !

Ron with the Lindbergh Beacon in Chicago, IL - June 2013

RON PETERS Original Founder of NASA SEARCHLIGHTS & Searchlight Express

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Ron also completed his final development and testing of his latest advancement in Searchlight technology known as zArc™ in mid 2013 as well as Multiple Merge Mirror Technology.

Click here to see the full size Autographed photo presented to Ron by Don Petit! This project was done at no charge/cost to any of the involved parties and was a great success!  Click here to see a news broadcasts of this event. (You can see Ron in action! He is the tall blonde guy operating one of the 2 Searchlights!) Public domain photographs taken by Astronaut Don Petit onboard the ISS can be viewed in the FLASH THE ISS PROJECT PAGE.

Ron’s VERY FIRST Searchlight job ever! - 1983

Denver Colorado - Aries V / Advanced Lighting & Engineering

1942a GE searchlight with 1940 Sperry Generator

Because of the aging Carbon Arc technology used in the old traditional outdoor searchlights which are high maintenance, heavy trailer mounted, noisy machines that required operators during the entire time the light was on, Ron has personally designed from the ground up, many various searchlight products bringing the art of searchlight advertising into the 21st century.

Ron testing out a 1942a GE Searchlight after repairs with

Jim Thornton - January 2001

Portsmouth, VA

Ron is directly responsible for the latest advances in searchlight technology such as a “Green” zero carbon footprint Electrical Generator he has used on new year’s eve at San Antonio’s Tower Of The Americas Glass Elevator countdown to midnight. It powers the 2 searchlights, Also built by Ron, in the glass elevator for the countdown to midnight.

Ron’s 1942 Sperry

Antiaircraft Searchlight Unit

Corpus Christi, TX
This exact searchlight was
featured in LA Magazine and
The folks at LA Magazine even
Created a 3D Computer CAD
rendition of it for the article.
CLICK HERE FOR THE ARTICLE !

“ The searchlights were a huge success last night at the Ferrari Kid Gala !  REALLY FIRST CLASS. Please tell Ron I said thank you for getting the light set in the perfect spot. 
We will certainly call you next time we need searchlights. “
Marc C. Miller Aviation Manager H.E.B FLIGHT OPERATIONS

Ron has also successfully contacted the ISS (International Space station) using searchlights which was verified by NASA Astronaut Don Petit onboard the ISS! This was a project Ron did on his own personal time in collaboration with the San Antonio Astronomical Association, Robert Reeves, George Cooper, Don Pettit (astronaut), the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), and the Lozano Observatory in Spring Branch, TX. Ron used 2 small searchlights loaned to him by an outdoor promotions company Ron was working for at the time. Ron’s boss at the promotions company didn't want to devote any company time or money in this project due to numerous other projects the company was working on at that time, but after an offer by Ron to do it on his own time, Ron was allowed to borrow the 2 Lights used in this event.  Ron could have used his own lights to do this project, but they were located in storage out of state at the time so it was easier to borrow similar lights instead. Ron even travelled to spring branch, TX and drove his old blue Ford van up some pretty treacherous gravel and dirt roads to reach the observatory where the event took place!

All of us here at NASA Searchlights are proud to be a part of Ron's latest endeavors to further advance searchlight advertising technologies which were introduced in the new NASA Searchlights HD-1™, Transformer-HD™, zArc Classic™, Xtreme™, and XtremeMaX™ Models.