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Navigating the Unseen: Mitigating Degraded Visual Environments

Navigating the Unseen: Mitigating Degraded Visual Environments

Using a Degraded Visual Environment (DVE) system enables aircraft pilots to visualize the landing area in poor conditions, allowing them a safe, on-time descent to their target destination.

05/01/2024
Unmanned Surface Vehicle Requires Encrypted Storage for the Autonomy System

Unmanned Surface Vehicle Requires Encrypted Storage for the Autonomy System

Tasked with building a new Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV), a shipbuilder faced challenging requirements.

03/25/2022
Unmanned Surface Vehicle Requires NetBoot and Commercial Encryption

Unmanned Surface Vehicle Requires NetBoot and Commercial Encryption

Tasked with building a new Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV), a shipbuilder faced challenging requirements. The developer planned to connect all the computer systems via a one gigabit Ethernet (1 GbE) network.

02/24/2022
Aircraft Developer Looks to Modernize Storage of Sensitive Data

Aircraft Developer Looks to Modernize Storage of Sensitive Data

A leading C5ISR system integrator reached out to Curtiss-Wright in search of network-attached storage (NAS) server that would bring their aging fleet up-to-date.

03/29/2021
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Airplane Developer Looks to Protect ISR Data with Encryption

While developing a new intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) system, a large aerospace developer approached Curtiss-Wright for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment that had to fit into a space-constrained, propeller-driven aircraft.

02/25/2021
USFF Systems for Computing and Networking Onboard eVTOL Aircraft

USFF Systems for Computing and Networking Onboard eVTOL Aircraft

Multiple eVTOL aircraft developers from America and Europe have come to Curtiss-Wright seeking rugged COTS hardware to be used for prototyping as they develop their new aircraft platforms for production.

12/02/2020
Flexible I/O System Design Reduced Cost, SWaP, and Time

Flexible I/O System Design Reduced Cost, SWaP, and Time

A leading prime contractor of airborne imaging systems came to Curtiss-Wright with a 3U OpenVPX system architecture design problem they were doubtful could be solved, given the project’s constraints.

11/23/2020
Successful Integration of a Launcher Video Telemetry System Using COTS Equipment

Successful Integration of a Launcher Video Telemetry System Using COTS Equipment

Réaltra was awarded a contract to develop a launcher video telemetry system (LVTS) that will provide the onboard live video telemetry for a launcher that is anticipated to fly in 2021.

11/20/2020
Modified COTS Solution Extends Platform Lifespan and Mission Capabilities

Modified COTS Solution Extends Platform Lifespan and Mission Capabilities

Aerospace integrators are often called upon to upgrade aging airframes with new electronic payloads to extend their lifespan and mission capabilities.

06/30/2020
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
Use Case: Advanced Tactical Data Link Gateway for the Modern Warfighter

Use Case: Advanced Tactical Data Link Gateway for the Modern Warfighter

TCG HUNTR software installed on a Parvus DuraCOR 8043 mission computer, displayed on a GVDU mission display, provides operators with a rugged, small form factor solution that can be used on the battlefield with minimal training and almost no expertise.

03/04/2020