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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
Meeting Missile Program Upgrade Requirements with Power-Efficient, Future-Proof Transmitters

Efficient Transmitters Address New Requirements from Missile Program Upgrades

This case study describes how an organization ensured there was no transmitter interference with other onboard electronics.

03/29/2024
Deploying a Total Flight Test System Solution

Organization Successfully Deploys Total FTI System Solution

An aircraft OEM needed a flight test solution for one of its new jets. They decided to use multiple hardware vendors to complete their FTI system.

09/19/2023
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
Robust and Reliable Flight Test Instrumentation System Deployed on Hypersonic Test Bed

Robust and Reliable Flight Test Instrumentation System Deployed on Hypersonic Test Bed

A company that was developing their own hypersonic vehicle for use as a technology test bed wanted a flight test instrumentation (FTI), recording, and transmission system.

02/16/2021
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
Large Aircraft Rapidly Deploys Customizable Mission Recording System

Large Aircraft Rapidly Deploys Customizable Mission Recording System

A manufacturer of a large military aircraft required a mission recording system to collect engineering data from around the aircraft and store it on a recorder for post-mission analysis.

11/03/2020
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