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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
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
Next Generation Data Acquisition System for a Sounding Rocket

Next Generation Data Acquisition System for a Sounding Rocket

Sounding rockets can carry experiments to altitudes that are often unsuitable for balloons and satellites and are much more cost-efficient since they do not require expensive boosters or extended telemetry and tracking coverage.

02/14/2020
Successfully Instrumenting a Regional Jet for Flight Testing with a New Team

Successfully Instrumenting a Regional Jet for Flight Testing with a New Team

A major aircraft manufacturer needed to plan and operate a flight test campaign for a new regional airliner. Read about the solution Curtiss-Wright developed here.

08/16/2017
Space COTS Approach for New Launcher and Capsule

Space COTS Approach for New Launcher and Capsule

NASA needed to develop a space launch system and a manned capsule to replace its previous vehicles and to meet future plans for deep space exploration, and land people on Mars. Read about the solution Curtiss-Wright developed here.

08/09/2017
Small Launcher Development Flight Instrumentation Avionics Using Space COTS

Small Launcher Development Flight Instrumentation Avionics Using Space COTS

A developer of a small launcher sought a data acquisition solution that could endure harsh conditions, capture and transmit data during flight while also keeping costs to a minimum.

03/30/2017
Acra KAM-500 Helps to Breathe New Life into the Young Eagle

Acra KAM-500 Helps to Breathe New Life into the Young Eagle

In order to guarantee a high level of measurement reliability, the Air Force Institute of Technology (ITWL) sought to have sensor redundancy, with multiple strain gauges at each load measurement location. Learn about the solution.

10/31/2015
Overcoming DAL-D Development Pitfalls with Modular Avionics COTS

Overcoming DAL-D Development Pitfalls with Modular Avionics COTS

This case study describes a crash-protected recorder designed by Curtiss-Wright to interface to a Data Management Unit (DMU) for a mid-range commercial airliner that had schedule challenges and changing requirements.

05/27/2015
Rugged Data Acquisition for Missile and Captive Carry Platforms

Rugged Data Acquisition for Missile and Captive Carry Platforms

Download the case study to learn about the data acquisition solution that met the space requirements for a missile testing application.

05/15/2015
Data Acquisition System (DAS) Upgrade on an RNLAF F-16BM

Data Acquisition System (DAS) Upgrade on an RNLAF F-16BM

NLR (National Aerospace Laboratory) helped the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) instrument one of their 68 F-16’s with an upgrade data acquisition system designed around flexibility and minimizing space.

04/15/2015
Rugged Data Acquisition for Engine Test Applications

Rugged Data Acquisition for Engine Test Applications

It is difficult to have a Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Data Acquisition System that fulfills both the robustness and channel density criteria - the Curtiss-Wright Acra KAM-500 fulfills both of these criteria using COTS equipment.

04/15/2015
Rugged Networked Data Acquisition, Recording & Telemetry for Experimental Re-entry Vehicle

Rugged Networked Data Acquisition, Recording & Telemetry for Experimental Re-entry Vehicle

Curtiss-Wright was selected to provide its COTS data acquisition, networking and recording systems to the European Space Agency for the IXV which are qualified to meet requirements for space equipment such as radiation tolerance and high reliability.

03/12/2015