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Successful COTS Solution for Space Vehicle Onboard Recording & Audio Handling

Successful COTS Solution for Space Vehicle Onboard Recording and Audio Handling

This case study describes how a space vehicle designer was able to rapidly implement a system to collect all of the data from onboard computers and accommodate late changes to requirements.

04/23/2020
USFF Mission Processors and Network Switches for ISR UAV Targeting System

USFF Mission Processors and Network Switches for ISR UAV Targeting System

As unmanned vehicles become more powerful and complex, their electronics payloads must adapt to match new mission objectives. This often forces aerospace and defense system integrators to push for reductions in size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C).

03/19/2020
Pre-integrated, Rugged COTS Computers Reduce AEW&C Program Costs and Time to Market

Pre-integrated, Rugged COTS Computers Reduce AEW&C Program Costs and Time to Market

When 30-year-old airborne surveillance and control equipment mounted on the underside of an aging helicopter required replacement, the manufacturer needed a partner they could rely on to provide mission-critical processing technology in harsh environments.

06/03/2019
5th Generation Fighter Finds Room for Aircraft Monitoring Instrumentation

5th Generation Fighter Finds Room for Aircraft Monitoring Instrumentation

This case study describes how an operator of a 5th generation fighter found room to install aircraft monitoring instrumentation to help examine performance and rapidly identify any future issues.

05/30/2019
Upgrading UAV Automatic Landing Subsystems while Reducing Cost and SWaP

Upgrading UAV Automatic Landing Subsystems while Reducing Cost and SWaP

A customer wished to move to the latest and greatest technology without having to change pinouts or cables on the aircraft.

11/27/2018
Small Form Factor Mission Systems: Driving Forward the Development of Next Generation UUVs

Driving Forward the Development of Next Generation UUVs

A system integrator required small form factor (SFF) mission processors, network switches, and network-attached storage (NAS) with government-approved encryption for UUV operations. Read about the solution we developed here.

02/28/2018
Reducing Unscheduled Grounding Events with Adaptable Predictive Maintenance

Reducing Unscheduled Grounding Events with Adaptable Predictive Maintenance

A commercial flight operator realized a successful predictive maintenance program capturing data to produce accurate maintenance forecasts and predicting potential service disruptions. Read about the solution Curtiss-Wright developed here.

11/23/2017
Submarine and Helicopter Sonar Suite Upgrades Mission Systems

Submarine and Helicopter Sonar Suite Upgrades Mission Systems

A European system developer needed to upgrade their sonar system. Read about the ITAR-free, CE, RoHS, and REACH compliant rugged solution Curtiss-Wright developed.

07/25/2017
On-Board Critical Frequency Detection Firmware for Aircraft Standalone Real-Time Processing

On-Board Critical Frequency Detection Firmware for Aircraft Standalone Real-Time Processing

This case study discusses the challenge a Curtiss-Wright customer, a major Flight Test organization, had where they needed to implement a compact, rugged flight test system with real-time analysis running on hardware.

12/22/2016
Implementing a Structural Health Monitoring Program on an EH101

Implementing a Structural Health Monitoring Program on an EH101

<p>The Portuguese Air Force implements a Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) system on an AgustaWestland EH101 to evaluate the improvements to safety and maintenance costs.</p>

07/01/2016
Health Monitoring for Light Combat Aircraft

Health Monitoring for Light Combat Aircraft

Operators of a Light Combat Aircraft fleet wanted a simple, rapidly developed and deployed, and upgradeable CBM program hardware. Learn about the solution.

04/18/2016
Advanced SIGINT Capability for a SWaP-constrained Platform

Advanced SIGINT Capability for a SWaP-constrained Platform

This case study describes a solution to detect and locate SIGINT signals of interest quickly and meet SWaP-constraints of the airborne platform.

07/20/2015