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SAN DIEGO, CA – August 31, 2010 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, VXS and CompactPCI products for the rugged deployed defense and aerospace market, has introduced a new rugged, compact dual mezzanine card subsystem that enables the expansion of system functionality while minimizing space, weight and power (SWaP) burdens. The new MPMC-9020 features a built-in controller card and power supply and can be configured with one (1) or two (2) PMC or XMC mezzanine cards. Weighing less than 3 pounds when fully populated, the MPMC-9020 provides an alternative approach for flexibly enhancing rugged deployed subsystems in SWaP-constrained environments. It’s ideal for use in applications such as technology refresh/retrofit, general processing, video and image processing, and mission computing.
“Our customers are frequently need to add more and more functionality in platforms that have little or no additional room to spare,” said Lynn Bamford, vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “The MPMC-9020 enables system integrators to deploy multiple expansion mezzanine modules without adding the space, weight and power of an SBC to control them. A powerful, compact solution for high performance small form factor computing.” >>learn more
Curtiss-Wright Controls Introduces High-Density Computing (HDC) Development System
SAN DIEGO, CA – August 31, 2010 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, VXS and CompactPCI products for the rugged deployed defense and aerospace market, has introduced a new family of High-Density Computing (HDC) development systems designed to speed the design of high performance, multi-node open standards-based processor systems. These highly engineered air-cooled lab systems quickly provide system integrators with functioning hardware that speed and simplify the development of software and benchmark testing to significantly reduce time-to-deployment.
“Our customers are deploying larger and higher performance systems than ever,” said Lynn Bamford, vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “The HDC Development System gives them the platform to speed their development phase, resulting in proven, qualified multi-node systems that meet their unique application requirements.” >>learn more
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing Relocates and Expands Headquarters
New facility in Ashburn, VA offers expanded resources for its Multicomputing division
ASHBURN, VA – AUGUST 5, 2010 – Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. has completed the relocation of its Embedded Computing business group headquarters to an expanded facility near Washington, D.C. At its new location in Ashburn, VA, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC) will occupy 30,900 square feet on two floors, housing the business group’s executive offices. staff offices and engineering and test laboratories for its Multicomputing division. The new facility provides approximately 50% more space than the company occupied in its previous location in Leesburg, VA, and can accommodate up to 100 employees.
“We are very excited about the relocation and expansion of CWCEC’s headquarters,” said David Adams, Co-Chief Operating Officer of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. “The new facility is strategically located closer to a number of our key customers, and the expanded engineering and test resources will significantly enhance the growth of our digital signal processing (DSP) and high-density multicomputing product offerings.” >>learn more
Curtiss-Wright Controls Adds Network Fabric Analysis Tool to Continuum Insights™ Multiprocessor Tool Suite
Ashburn, VA – June 30, 2010 – Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, VXS and CompactPCI products for the rugged deployed defense and aerospace market, has announced the addition of a powerful new Network Fabric Analysis (NFAT) tool to its Continuum Insights™ 4.1 suite of GUI-based system monitoring, event analysis, and system management and multi-processor debug software tools for developers of embedded multicomputer systems application software.
“With the addition of its new Network Fabric Analysis tool, Continuum Insights™ extends its established leading position as the most fully featured suite of tools for developing VPX multi-processor system software,” said Lynn Bamford, vice president and general manager of Modular Solutions, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “With the rapid adoption of VPX and its high-speed serial interconnect, the NFAT’s ability to reduce software development cost and schedule risk is invaluable to developers.” >>learn more
Curtiss-Wright Controls Adds Support for Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY® RTOS on its VPX6-187 QorIQ™ P4080 Single Board Computer
Freescale Technology Forum, Orlando, FL — June 23, 2010 — Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, OpenVPX™, VXS and CompactPCI products for the rugged deployed aerospace and defense market, and Green Hills Software, Inc., the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions have announced the availability of an INTEGRITY® real-time operating system (RTOS) board support package (BSP) from Green Hills Software for the VPX6-187 Power Architecture® QorIQ™ P4080 single board computer (SBC).
“With the introduction of INTEGRITY for the VPX6-187, Curtiss-Wright Controls continues its commitment to our customers to provide a wide range of operating systems solutions,” said Lynn Bamford, vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “The VPX6-187 is the first QorIQ P4080 product in our market to provide INTEGRITY support. Green Hills Software is a recognized leader in providing advanced computing solutions and certified operating systems that address both security and safety, and we are excited to be the first SBC vendor to deliver INTEGRITY on the QorIQ P4080 to our mutual customer base.” >>learn more
Curtiss-Wright Controls Congratulates VITA on the Successful Ratification of ANSI/VITA 65-2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 17, 2010 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, VXS and CompactPCI products for the rugged deployed defense and aerospace market, congratulates the VME International Trade Association (VITA), the trade association dedicated to fostering American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accredited open system architectures in critical embedded system applications, for completing the successful ratification by ANSI of the OpenVPX™ System Specification under ANSI/VITA 65.0-2010.
"Curtiss-Wright Controls is proud of its participation in the open standards process that resulted in the ANSI ratification of VITA 65," said Lynn Bamford, Vice President and General Manager, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. "As a leading supplier of boards and systems designed to be compliant with OpenVPX, and the first board vendor to publicly demonstrate a working OpenVPX system, we've been very pleased to see the rapid rate at which the rugged deployed aerospace and defense COTS market has embraced VPX as the board architecture of choice for demanding high performance embedded computing. Now, the OpenVPX System Specification promises to further speed the growth and adoption of VPX technology and solutions." >>learn more
Curtiss-Wright Controls Announces Software Development Partnership with Gedae Software: Demo System to be Displayed at Sea, Air, Space 2010
Gedae to provide graphics development environment for Curtiss-Wright’s CHAMP family of OpenVPX™ DSP Engines
Sea, Air & Space, National Harbor, Maryland – May 3, 2010 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, VXS and CompactPCI products for the rugged deployed defense and aerospace market, has announced a new partnership for software joint development with Gedae, Inc. The partnership will bring support for Gedae, Inc.’s software development environment (also named Gedae) to CWCEC’s next-generation of CHAMP VPX DSP engines. Gedae provides a complete development environment for multiprocessor DSP systems. Support for Gedae will enable system designers to easily and quickly develop and field systems based on next-generation CWCEC CHAMP boards.
“We are excited to partner with Gedae to bring support for their comprehensive development environment to our next generation of high performance multiprocessor CHAMP-AV6 DSP engine,” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing.
“Gedae, Inc. looks forward to working closely with Curtiss-Wright Controls to speed the deployment of advanced embedded multiprocessor DSP systems,” said Jeremy Lundgren, vice president and general manager, Gedae, Inc. >>learn more
Curtiss-Wright Controls Debuts New Version of its Continuum Vector Signal Processing Subroutine Library Optimized for Intel® Processors
New DSP Library for Intel Platforms Eases and/Speeds the Programming of Radar/Signal Processing Applications
LEESBURG, VA – April 21, 2010 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, VXS and CompactPCI products for the rugged deployed defense and aerospace market, has announced an enhanced, updated version of its comprehensive DSP function library, Continuum Vector, that is optimized for use with Intel’s new Core i7 SSE 4.2 processors. Designed for use in aerospace and defense signal processing applications such as radar, sonar, and SIGINT, the Continuum Vector DSP function library provides a rich set of signal processing subroutine building blocks. It speeds the development of embedded signal processing systems and eases the migration of hundreds of legacy platforms based on Altivec-based DSP libraries to new Intel processor based designs.
“Continuum Vector has established itself as a powerful tool for system integrators building and developing demanding signal processing applications,” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright Controls Modular Solutions group. “Now, with a version of the library optimized for the latest high performance Intel processors, such as the Core i7 SSE 4.2, Continuum Vector leads the way for designers of new Intel-based radar and signal processing systems.” >>learn more
Curtiss-Wright Controls Announces its First OpenVPX/VITA-65 Serial RapidIO® GEN-2 Switch
VPX6-6902 Delivers High-Speed VITA-65 Compliant Management, Control and Dataplane Switching with up to 28x SRIO (x4) Ports
OTTAWA, ONTARIO – March 30, 2010 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, OpenVPX™, and CompactPCI® products for the rugged deployed aerospace and defense (A&D) market, has announced the availability of the new OpenVPX™/VITA-65 compliant VPX6-6902 Serial RapidIO® (SRIO) switch card. This rugged 6U VPX board, available in both air- and conduction-cooled versions, combines Ethernet and SRIO switching in a single slot for management, control and dataplane switching in high performance embedded military systems. Supporting both Gen-1 SRIO (1.25, 2.5, 3.125 Gbaud) and Gen-2 SRIO (5.0, 6.25 Gbaud), the VPX6-6902 enables systems integrators to quickly and easily architect small to large high performance systems that adhere to the VITA-65 OpenVPX™ systems specification.
“The VPX6-6902 SRIO switch extends Curtiss-Wright Controls’ leadership in high-performance mission computing environments” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “By integrating SRIO and Ethernet switching, we can support embedded processing systems with the highest possible data bandwidths in the smallest footprints possible.” >>learn more
VPX3-685 Secure FireBlade Ethernet Switch and Router Enhances Information Assurance with up to 16x GbE and 4x 10 GbE Ports
OTTAWA, ONTARIO – March 30, 2010 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, OpenVPX™, and CompactPCI® products for the rugged deployed aerospace and defense (A&D) market, has announced the availability of the new VPX3-685 Secure FireBlade, a fully-featured Layer2/3 managed Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) router that features a highly integrated security sub-system. The VPX3-685, is a rugged OpenVPX®-compliant 3U VPX card. It speeds and simplifies the integration of secure GbE switching and routing into embedded systems designed for harsh environment military applications. Targetting highly secure IPv4/v6 Intra-Platform Networks (IPNs), the VPX3-685 is designed to prevent unauthorized access to critical information for applications deployed in air, land, and sea vehicles. It can be used to secure a data storage network, or protect mission critical applications from hostile attacks in the forms of viruses, IP Spoofing, Denial of Service (DoS), and Trojan Horses.
“Our VPX3-685 Secure FireBlade Ethernet switch card delivers an unprecedented level of performance and security to enable secure network-centric connectivity,” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager of Modular Solutions, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “This advanced board addresses our customers’ growing need for secure network communications where Information Assurance is critical”. >>learn more
Curtiss-Wright Controls Doubles Memory on Buffer Memory XMC Card and Passes Rugged Qualification
CHATSWORTH, CA –March 25, 2010 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, OpenVPX™ and CompactPCI® products for the rugged deployed aerospace and defense (A&D) market, has doubled the memory from 4G to 8G on the MM-6171, its first high-density, high-speed DDR2 SDRAM Buffer Memory XMC card. The rugged, small form factor mezzanine module, available in air- and now conduction-cooled variants, supports the latest high-speed serial fabrics, such as PCI Express® (PCIe) and Serial RapidIO® (SRIO), to deliver higher bi-directional bandwidths than available with earlier PMC card designs. The MM-6171 speeds and eases the integration of high-density contiguous memory into embedded systems designed for harsh environments. The card is designed to provide volatile, deep storage for a wide range of military applications including RADAR, signal intelligence, and image processing.
“Today’s demanding military compute applications frequently require large amounts of high-speed contiguous memory, more than is available on their single board computer or DSP engine host card,” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “The MM-6171 enables system designers to simply add the memory they need with an XMC card, reaping the benefits of the XMC’s higher bandwidth.” >>learn more
DAYTON, OH – March 2, 2010 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed systems for the aerospace and defense market, has introduced the new Vortex Compact Network Storage (CNS), a rugged conductio
n-cooled network attached storage (NAS) solution. The small Vortex CNS package is designed for mounting in an ARINC tray on deployed platforms and provides 512GB of solid state storage, with growth to 1TB in early 2010. The CNS is “protocol-flexible” and supports CIFS, NFS, HTTP, FTP and PXE protocols on up to four (4) 1Gb Ethernet connections, making it ideal for sharing critical data in and across network centric systems. This rugged NAS solution is designed for use in a broad range of both manned and unmanned ground, air, and sea vehicles. >>learn more
Curtiss-Wright Controls Boosts Speed on ADC FMC Card
Upgraded ADC510 FMC Card Now Delivers 550MSPS Input
HIGH WYCOMBE, UK – March 2, 2010 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, VXS, and CompactPCI products for the aerospace and defense (A&D) market, has announced the availability of a higher performance, faster version of its ADC510 FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC/VITA 57) module. Now, featuring two enhanced Texas Instruments ADC devices, the ADC510 delivers sampling performance increased to 550MSPS with analog bandwidths >1.7GHz. Available in both air-cooled and conduction-cooled rugged versions, the ADC510 is aimed at DSP applications such as Signal Intelligence (SIGINT), Electronic Counter Measures (ECM), and Radar. The ADC510 makes it easier and faster for system developers to integrate FPGAs into their embedded system designs.
“Ideally suited to SDR and SigInt applications, the faster ADC510 illustrates Curtiss-Wright Control’s continued leadership in practical open standard rugged solutions such as FMC,” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “FMCs enable our customers to have access to new technology with simplified upgrades paths for future solutions which protects their investment.” >>learn more
Curtiss-Wright Controls Announces Support for Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY® RTOS on its SVME/DMV-184 and VPX6-185 Single Board Computers
LEESBURG, VA – January 22, 2010, -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, OpenVPX™, VXS and CompactPCI products for the rugged deployed aerospace and defense market, has announced the availability of an INTEGRITY® real-time operating system (RTOS) board support package (BSP) from Green Hills Software for the SVME/DMV-184 and the VPX6-185 PowerPC 8640 single board computers (SBCs). The new BSP enables system developers to build complete embedded hardware/software solutions based on Green Hills’ certified safe and secure INTEGRITY RTOS for high-performance modular computing and integrated subsystem applications in the defense and aerospace markets.
“Like Curtiss-Wright Controls, Green Hills Software is a recognized leader in providing advanced computing solutions for the defense market,” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “By offering support for INTEGRITY on our SVME/DMV-184 and VPX6-185 single-board computers we are able to satisfy our customers’ growing requirements for a proven, certified operating system that addresses both security and safety. We are excited about expanding our product support with Green Hills Software.”
“For customers developing safe, secure electronic systems for aerospace and defense, Green Hills Software’s proven and widely popular INTEGRITY real-time operating system complements Curtiss-Wright Controls’ high-performance rugged board and subsystem solutions,” stated Dan Mender, vice president of business development, Green Hills Software. “The combination of our products delivers a winning platform that addresses critical design challenges our customers face to increase system security and availability while reducing product time to market.” >>learn more
Curtiss-Wright Controls Debuts First Quad Channel Clock Generator FMC Card
New FMC-XCLK2 is a quad channel low jitter, phase matched clock generator
HIGH WYCOMBE, UK – January 21, 2010 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, VXS, and CompactPCI products for the rugged deployed aerospace and defense (A&D) market, has introduced a new FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC/VITA 57) module, the FMC-XCLK2, its first FMC clock generator card. The FMC-XCLK2 is a quad channel clock generator card that features low jitter and phase matched outputs. Available in both air-cooled and conduction-cooled rugged versions, the card provides the high quality clock source required for high frequency data sampling applications and can support RF output frequencies ranging from 50MHz to >2GHz. This card provides a cost-effective, compact alternative source for clocking and synchronizing I/O, whether provided by Curtiss-Wright Controls’ broad family of ADC and DAC FMC cards or the customer's own I/O.
"Curtiss-Wright Controls is committed to leading the industry with high performance FMC solutions, going beyond offering analog I/O FMC cards with important system components such as the FMC-XCLK2 clock generator for high frequency data sampling,” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager of Modular Solutions, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “Our growing family of FMC FPGA I/O mezzanine cards significantly speeds and simplifies the use of FPGAs in rugged deployed embedded digital signal processing applications.” >>learn more
Wind River Updates VxWorks DO-178B Platform for Aerospace and Defense Systems
VxWorks DO-178B Platform Introduces Complete Certification Evidence for Curtiss-Wright Controls’ SVME/DMV-183 Power Architecture e600 COTS Boards
ALAMEDA, Calif. and LEESBURG, VA – January 19, 2010 – Wind River and Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing today announced the immediate availability of Wind River’s VxWorks DO-178B Platform, designed to meet the stringent safety certification requirements of the aerospace and defense industry. The new release of the platform includes complete DO-178B Level A certification evidence for a reference board support package (BSP) for the SVME/DMV-183 single board computer and additional processor support for Intel™ Core™ 2 Duo IA-32 and Power Architecture® e600 cores. This makes it easier for customers to migrate to new higher performance hardware and reduce their time-to-market.
To ease and speed the development of DO-178B Platform COTS solutions, Wind River offers a pre-packaged solution that includes a BSP with FAA DO-178B certification evidence for the SVME/DMV-183 single board computer. With many customers already leveraging Curtiss-Wright Controls’ boards, this solution offers a pre-configured combination that saves time and money.
“We are excited to be partnering with Wind River in their development of the first VxWorks DO-178B Platform board support package for our SVME/DMV-183 single board computer,” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “This is a great step forward in our commitment to provide our mutual aerospace and defense customers with a proven off-the-shelf solution for safety critical applications, which customers have long desired to significantly reduce their development time and costs.” >>learn more
Curtiss-Wright Controls Introduces Dual Mezzanine Card Subsystem
Curtiss-Wright Controls Introduces High-Density Computing (HDC) Development System
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing Relocates and Expands Headquarters
Curtiss-Wright Controls Debuts New Version of its Continuum Vector Signal Processing Subroutine Library Optimized for Intel® Processors
Curtiss-Wright Controls Announces its First OpenVPX/VITA-65 Serial RapidIO® GEN-2 Switch
Curtiss-Wright Controls Announces Highly Secure OpenVPX™ Ethernet Switch Card
Curtiss-Wright Controls Doubles Memory on Buffer Memory XMC Card and Passes Rugged Qualification
Curtiss-Wright Controls Boosts Speed on ADC FMC Card
Curtiss-Wright Controls Debuts First Quad Channel Clock Generator FMC Card