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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
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
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
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
Harnessing the Power of AltiVec in Modern COTS Applications

Harnessing the Power of AltiVec in Modern COTS Applications

A customer approached Curtiss-Wright requiring a radar processing tech refresh for their aging fleet of fast jets. Learn about the solution we developed here.

07/04/2017
Cockpit Modernization with Ethernet

Cockpit Modernization with Ethernet

A customer contacted Curtiss-Wright with the need to upgrade a fleet of tactical aircraft. Read about the solution we developed here.

06/02/2017
Using MCOTS: Creating the Perfect Module for Any Requirement

Using MCOTS: Creating the Perfect Module for Any Requirement

A customer with SWaP constraints for their next-gen 3U VPX Mission Computer with a custom backplane worked with Curtiss-Wright for processing solutions using Trusted Architecture features. Read the case study.

03/02/2016
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