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Innovative COTS Open System Architecture Delivers Unprecedented Affordability and Commonality in Compliance with the U.S. Army’s New VICTORY 1.0 Standard
AUSA WINTER 2012, WASHINGTON D.C. (BOOTH #2117) – February 22, 2012 – Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions (CWCDS) has announced that it will present the first public demonstration of its innovative, industry-leading modular intra-vehicular netcentric architecture for ground vehicle modernization at the 2012 AUSA Winter Symposium and Exposition. The “Poised for VICTORY” demonstration will highlight Curtiss-Wright’s new cost-effective, high TRL ground vehicle architecture based on COTS open-system building blocks. Poised for VICTORY will demonstrate state-of-the-art rugged COTS OpenVPX™ standard-based module and subsystem technology designed in compliance with the U.S. Army’s VICTORY 1.0 standard. The architecture optimally delivers the full power of a Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA) to legacy and new vehicle platforms to provide unprecedented levels of commonality and affordability. This new ground vehicle architecture promises to deliver unmatched affordability and interoperability for demanding C4ISR applications.
“We are very excited to present the first public demonstration of our VICTORY 1.0 compliant modular architecture for ground vehicle modernization at AUSA 2012,” said Lynn Bamford, senior vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions. “Curtiss-Wright is committed to leading the embedded COTS industry in designing and developing a complete eco-system of COTS modules and subsystems based on the OpenVPX and VICTORY standards to deliver previously unattainable levels of affordability and interoperability.”
The RME9XC supports OpenVPX backplanes with high-speed Gen2 switch fabric data rates up to 6.25 Gbaud. 2600 Watt power supply configurations are available for both 12V-centric and 5V-centric payload for development use.
ASHBURN, VA – January 10, 2012 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions (CWCDS), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc., has announced that its Santa Clarita, CA business operation, formerly Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems, was officially appraised at Software Engineering Institute’s (SEI) Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI®) Maturity Level 3 on January 6, 2012.
Receiving CMMI Level 3 appraisal is an important accomplishment in the aerospace and defense market that CWCDS serves. Prime contractors increasingly seek sub-contractors who are able to meet CMMI Level 3 requirements to provide assurance that solid and proven processes are in place for software and system development.
“This achievement is testament to Curtiss-Wright’s commitment to provide world class software development services and enables us to proudly join the elite class of companies world-wide that have achieved CMMI® Level 3,” said Lynn Bamford, senior vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Systems group. “We are seeing an increasing number of RFPs that require CMMI Level 3 assessment as a minimum requirement to be considered as a viable candidate. Curtiss-Wright is focused on establishing best-practice based processes to deliver best-of-breed quality to our customers. Meeting CMMI Level 3 appraisal requirements reflects the dedication of our management and our entire team to use CMMI® practices effectively to continuously improve our processes and deliver optimal customer satisfaction.” Curtiss-Wright Controls Forms Defense Solutions Group
New Business Group Expands and Enhances Company’s Focus on Aerospace and Defense COTS Module and System Integration Applications Worldwide
The new organization fortifies the Company’s ability to serve burgeoning opportunities for open-standards-based rugged computing, subsystem development and system integration in the Aerospace and Defense market. CWCDS combines the unmatched system engineering, programmatic expertise, system packaging and subsystem development of the Electronic Systems unit with the advanced COTS module design, thermal management, lifecycle maintenance and COTS subsystem development leadership of the Embedded Computing unit into a larger, streamlined and more agile business operation.
"We are very excited to announce the formation of our new Electronic Systems business group, the world’s largest Defense and Aerospace COTS and open standards solution provider," said David Adams, Co-Chief Operating Officer of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. "Our Electronic Systems and Embedded Computing business units already served many common customers and markets. Combining these two industry leaders in rugged, deployed technologies will better enable Curtiss-Wright to address a myriad of military programs worldwide."
Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems Boosts Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) Capabilities with New Test and Inspection Equipment
LITTLETON, MA – November 7, 2011 -- Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems (CWCES), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and the premier Electronics Manufacturing Services provider in the Northeast US, has announced new additions to the Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) capabilities provided at its Littleton, MA business operation. To better service its military, aerospace, defense, medical and industrial customers and broaden the services it offers as an on-shore contract manufacturer, CWCES recently added new, faster and more capable flying probe test equipment and new highly efficient Automated Optical Inspection equipment to its in-house development, test and manufacturing capabilities. This new equipment, combined with existing capabilities, allows CWCES to provide to customers a complete suite of test services unsurpassed in the marketplace.
“CWCES is proud to be a leader in providing proven low risk EMS services for our military and industrial customers,” said David Dietz, vice president and general manager of Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems group. “We’re pleased to announce the continued expansion of the EMS capabilities that our Littleton operation offers for high reliability EMS applications.”
To Provide Vortex Compact Network Storage (CNS) for the HC/MC-130J Super Hercules Special Mission Aircraft
PARSIPPANY, NJ – November 2, 2011 -- Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) today announced that it has received a contract from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to provide Vortex Compact Network Storage (CNS) subsystems used in the Network File Server (NFS) for the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command’s HC/MC-130J Super Hercules special mission aircraft. The Vortex CNS is a rugged, conduction-cooled, high-performance NFS device that enables critical data to be shared over the aircraft’s internal network. The initial contract, which began in August 2011 is valued at $800K. The contract’s potential value over the lifetime of the program is estimated at $10M.
"We are proud to supply Lockheed Martin with our rugged network file server technology for use on the Air Force’s special mission aircraft,” said Martin R. Benante, CEO and Chairman of Curtiss-Wright Corporation.
6U VPX G4V-VPX Viper™ Boasts Low-Power, High I/O Flexibility
SANTA CLARITA, CA – October 11, 2011 -- Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems (CWCES), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading system integrator of rugged deployed integrated electronics for the aerospace, defense and industrial markets, has introduced a new rugged 6U VPX (VITA 46.1/46.4), low-power G4V-VPX Viper™ Single Board Computer (SBC) ideal for safety critical applications. To deliver optimal compute performance in size, weight, power and cost (SWaP-C)-constrained commercial aerospace and military platform environments, the G4V-VPX Viper features Freescale™’s fast and efficient MPC8548E PowerQUICC™ III processor with VxWorks 653 RTOS including DO-178B Level A certification artifacts. The board also features an extensive I/O complement to provide a highly capable processing platform ideal for a wide range of deployed aerospace and military applications. The G4V-VPX Viper simplifies the integration of high performance processing and a rich array of I/O into embedded safety critical subsystems.
“Curtiss-Wright Controls' G4V-VPX Viper delivers 2760 MIPS/1200MHz Power Architecture™ processing in a low-power VPX form factor ideal for demanding SWaP-C constrained deployed aerospace and military platforms,” said David Dietz, vice president and general manager of Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems group. “This purpose built SBC speeds the development and time-to-market of rugged, safety critical computing in applications such as flight controls, mission computing and sense/avoid processing.”
Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems Introduces New Rugged Power and Control Module
LITTLETON, MA – October 6, 2011 -- Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading system integrator of rugged deployed integrated electronics for the aerospace, defense and industrial markets, has announced a new rugged Power and Control Module (PCM) board that provides high level control and bridging to a system host via Ethernet (IEEE 802.3), USB, RS-232 and CANbus. This rugged intelligent system monitor board’s onboard software and logic can easily be programmed to autonomously manage a computing enclosure or platform. The PCM can also serve as a PMBus chassis management system to control fan controller boards (FCBs) and intelligent power supplies. This richly featured module speeds and simplifies the integration of system monitor software and hardware communications into rugged, embedded electronics systems. Available for both conduction-cooled and air-cooled applications, these products are available for integration into Curtiss-Wright Controls chassis level products and solutions.
“Our new power and control module helps ensure the optimal performance, reliability and survivability of rugged deployed military subsystems,” said David Dietz, vice president and general manager of Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems group.
Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems Introduces a New Low-SWaP-C Versatile Flight Control Computer
Small Form Factor Flight Control Computer features dual-ARM processors, dual DSPs and three Xilinx FPGAs with safety certifiable artifacts
“The ARM processor’s low-power design makes it the go-to processor for mobile devices,” said David Dietz, vice president and general manager of Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems group. “Our Versatile Flight Control Computer provides designers of airborne computing systems with a qualified low-profile, lightweight, rugged flight control computer that includes a full complement of flexible I/O interfaces. It’s ideal for simplifying avionics system design and reducing time to market for rugged military and aerospace deployed platforms.”
Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems Introduces New 3U OpenVPX Smart Power Supply
“Our new 3U OpenVPX power supply provides system integrators with a rugged, compact high performance power supply able to survive the harshest military environments, while providing all the benefits of the VPX backplane architecture,” said David Dietz, vice president and general manager of Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems group.
Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems Introduces New Hybricon® 6U OpenVPX™ Backplane
“Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems is committed to offering the market’s most comprehensive line of OpenVPX backplanes,” said David Dietz, vice president and general manager of Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems group. “We are pleased to announce the 024-900-06-CEN1-01, the newest addition to our Hybricon OpenVPX backplanes, the industry’s highest performance 6.25 Gbaud backplanes.”
Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems Introduces New Family of Network Attached Storage File Servers
Curtiss-Wright Controls Receives Contract from AgustaWestland
“Curtiss-Wright is very proud to have been selected by AgustaWestland to provide our rugged system design and integration expertise for the Vibration Management System on its RTVP demonstrator program,” said David Adams, co-chief operating officer of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems Introduces New Rugged 3U VPX Terabyte Solid State Memory Module with 256-bit AES Data Encryption
“Our customers increasingly require high densities of fast, secure memory that performs optimally in harsh military environments,” said David Dietz, vice president and general manager of Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems group. “The VPX3-1TB FSM raises the bar for open standard solid state memory performance with a Terabyte of flash memory deployed on a 3U VPX, VITA 46 or VITA 48.2 REDI, high bandwidth slot card.”
Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems' New Rugged Rack Mount Chassis Cool >150W Per Slot
LITTLETON, MA – May 24, 2011 -- Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems (CWCES), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed subsystems for the aerospace, defense and commercial market, has introduced two new 20-slot 0.8” pitch or 16-slot 1.0” pitch 6U payload forced air-cooled enclosures for rugged deployed military embedded systems. The RM810 chassis are the newest member of Electronic Systems’ Hybricon® family of advanced military COTS electronic packaging solutions. These rugged rack mount-style enclosures supports power supplies up to 1800W and provides cooling for greater than 150W per slot to ensure optimal performance for the most demanding high power mobile applications.
“These rugged chassis are designed for challenging in-the-field high performance applications,” said David Dietz, vice president and general manager of Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems group. “With cooling capacity exceeding 150W per slot, the RM810s are ideal for deploying advanced processor systems in harsh military environments.”
Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems Debuts Forced Air Conduction-Cooled Development Chassis for 3U OpenVPX® Modules
“This extreme cooling VITA 65 OpenVPX development chassis is designed for 75W per slot high performance conduction cooled 3U OpenVPX cards,” said David Dietz, vice president and general manager of Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems group.
Curtiss-Wright Controls Awarded Contract from Lockheed Martin
For Delivery of Turret Drive Servo Systems for the Scout Specialist Vehicle Programme
CHARLOTTE, NC – May 4, 2011 – Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) today announced that it has received a contract from Lockheed Martin to provide the turret drive servo system for use in the U.K.’s new Scout reconnaissance vehicle. Curtiss-Wright’s turret drive servo system provides weapon stabilization for tracked combat vehicles.
“Curtiss-Wright is proud to provide our industry leading military vehicle rugged drive system for application in the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s Scout vehicle,” said David Adams, co-chief operating officer of Curtiss-Wright Corporation.
SANTA CLARITA, CA – March 15, 2011 -- Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed subsystems for the aerospace and defense market, has announced the establishment of a new sales and support office in Sterling Heights, MI located in the city’s “Defense Corridor”. Headquartered in Santa Clarita, CA, the Electronic Systems groups’ new office is staffed and located to best support its growing roster of locally based defense customers who focus on the development of combat vehicle systems to help protect the warfighter.
“We are very excited about the opening of Electronic Systems’ new sales office,” said David Adams, Co-Chief Operating Officer of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. “The new facility is strategically located close to a number of our key customers and will enable us to better serve their needs.”
Curtiss-Wright Controls Announces Addition of Drive Technologies Business Group to Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems’ Roster
SANTA CLARITA, CA – March 11, 2011 -- Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading system integrator of rugged integrated electronics for the aerospace and defense market, has announced that Curtiss-Wright Controls Drive Technologies (Curtiss-Wright Antriebstechnik GmbH), located in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland is now part of the Electronic Systems group. The addition of Drive Technologies, formerly part of Curtiss-Wright’s Engineered Systems business group, expands Electronic Systems’ ability to deliver sophisticated subsystems for military programs, including complete turret drive stabilization, ammunition handling systems and electro hydraulic drives. The re-organization provides Electronic Systems with a broad range of industry leading electro-mechanical products.
“The addition of Drive Technologies to Electronic Systems’ strengthens our position as a system integrator for turret drive stabilization and ammunition handling program opportunities,” said David Dietz, vice president and general manager of Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems group. “The Drive Technologies electro-mechanical products and capabilities are very synergistic with Electronic Systems’ rapidly growing product and system technology expertise.”
Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems Debuts New Hybricon® VITA 46/48/OpenVPX™ 3U Backplane
“Our family of Hybricon OpenVPX backplanes offers the industry’s highest performance 6.25 Gbaud backplanes to support accelerating adoption of OpenVPX for development and deployment.” said David Dietz, vice president and general manager of Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems group.
Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems to Demonstrate Network Centric Vetronics Architecture and Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) Sensor System
AUSA’s ILW WINTER Symposium 2011, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (BOOTH #1038) – February 23, 2011 -- Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading system integrator of rugged integrated electronics for the aerospace and defense market, will demonstrate a high-TRL, cost-effective, modular approach to intra-vehicular netcentric architecture modernization based exclusively on open-system building blocks at AUSA’s ILW Winter Symposium and Exposition Feb 23-25, 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The company will also demonstrate a Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) sensor system.
The demonstration will highlight a progression of what was shown at the company’s October 2010 AUSA exhibit in Washington DC, and will feature small form factor technology to achieve localized Ethernet input/output data concentration as well as legacy MIL-STD-1553 bridging to the modern Ethernet backbone. Curtiss-Wright product experts will explain how this technology, based largely on architecture research performed for the US Army’s PM-HBCT, can be used for achieving cost-effective compliance to the emerging VICTORY standard for both legacy vehicles needing a gradual technology insertion path, as well as new vehicle platforms.
Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems Debuts New 48-Port 10GbE Physical Layer Switch Port Card
“The RT11000 enhances our industry leading physical layer switch capabilities. The compact packaging and high number of 10 GbE ports make the RT11000 a very economical choice for switching environments,” said David Dietz, vice president and general manager of Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems group.
Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems Debuts New Hybricon® Rugged Fan Controllers Intelligent Node Provides Fan Monitor/Control/Reporting for Chassis Management
“The Hybricon rugged fan controllers enable variable fan speed control and monitoring for thermal and power management in rugged deployed applications. Sophisticated BIT capability is supported via an industry standard PMBus interface, enabling our customers to protect valuable payload electronics from thermal overload while enabling critical BIT capabilities and reducing acoustic noise and power consumption,” said David Dietz, vice president and general manager of Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems group.
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ASHBURN, VA – January 17, 2012 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions (CWCDS), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed subsystems for the aerospace, defense and commercial market, has introduced the RME9XC, a new 12-slot 9U-high development chassis designed to ease the design of 3U OpenVPX™ based systems. This air-cooled enclosure supports up to 12-slots of 3U 1" pitch payload OpenVPX cards and rear transition modules. Designed to satisfy the most extreme cooling requirements for 3U OpenVPX systems, the rackmount RME9XC chassis meets stringent ANSI/VITA 65 power and cooling requirements for air-cooled 75W 3U OpenVPX modules, delivering >18 CFM per slot with high-pressure 3U OpenVPX payload.
ASHBURN, VA – January 17, 2012 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions (CWCDS), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed subsystems for the aerospace, defense and commercial market, has introduced the RME13CC, a new 16-slot 13U chassis designed to ease the design of 6U OpenVPX™ based systems. This forced air conduction-cooled enclosure supports up to 16-slots of 6U 1" pitch payload OpenVPX cards and rear transition modules. Designed to satisfy the most extreme cooling requirements for 6U OpenVPX systems, the rackmount RME13CC chassis meets stringent ANSI/VITA 65 power and cooling requirements for conduction-cooled 150W 6U OpenVPX modules.
SANTA CLARITA, CA – September 13, 2011 -- Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems (CWCES), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed subsystems for the aerospace, defense and commercial markets, introduced the 
SANTA CLARITA, CA – August 25, 2011 -- Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems (CWCES), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed subsystems for the aerospace, defense and commercial markets, has introduced a new 
LITTLETON, MA – July 26, 2011 -- Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems (CWCES), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading system integrator of rugged deployed integrated electronics for the aerospace, defense and industrial markets, has announced the newest addition to its industry-leading Hybricon® family of high performance OpenVPX™ backplanes. The new 
DAYTON, OH – July 20, 2011 -- Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems (CWCES), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed subsystems for the aerospace, defense and commercial markets, introduced the 
DAYTON, OH – June 13, 2011 -- Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems (CWCES), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed subsystems for the aerospace, defense and commercial market, has introduced its newest rugged solid state drive, the 
LITTLETON, MA – May 17, 2011 -- Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems (CWCES), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed subsystems for the aerospace, defense and commercial market, has introduced a new 12-slot 3U OpenVPX® forced air conduction-cooled chassis for the development of military embedded systems. The 
LITTLETON, MA – March 11, 2011 -- Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading system integrator of rugged deployed integrated electronics for the aerospace, defense and industrial markets, has announced the newest addition to its industry-leading Hybricon® family of high performance OpenVPX™ backplanes. The new 024-901-06-CEN1-01 is a 3U, 6-slot VPX REDI (VITA 48) backplane. It speeds and simplifies the integration of high performance open standards based rugged deployed subsystems based on the popular VPX and OpenVPX bus standards.
DAYTON, OH – February 3, 2011 -- Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and the developer of the Physical Layer Switch (PLS), has announced the availability of its new RT11000 48-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) card designed for use with its industry-leading GLX4000 and SLX4000 physical layer switches. Designed to maximize system switching flexibility, the high port-count RT11000 enables users to economically scale their 10 GbE performance as their requirements change. The RT11000 speeds and simplifies the integration of high-speed Ethernet networking resources into the high density GLX/SLX platforms. The RT11000 is designed for use in a wide variety of demanding switch environments including interoperability labs, military and aerospace test labs, network security, data centers and IT/Enterprise.
LITTLETON, MA – February 3, 2011 -- Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed subsystems for the aerospace and defense market, has announced the availability of its new family of Hybricon rugged intelligent fan controllers for chassis management. These MIL-STD-461F, MIL-STD-810G and MIL-STD-704F fan controllers provide intelligent nodes for use in PMBus-based chassis management systems, enabling system designers to quickly and easily integrate system fan monitor and control functions into a Built-In-Test (BIT) strategy for rugged air- and conduction-cooled systems. The COTS fan controllers also provide fault condition reporting to ensure optimal system thermal management and reliability. They are designed for use in a wide variety of demanding chassis applications.
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