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 Curtiss-Wright Controls Introduces its First Rugged 3U OpenVPX™ Data Recorder
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 conduction-cooled Vortex VR-7310 3U VPX/VPX-REDI/OpenVPX™ (VITA 46/48/65) data recorder. This small form factor data recorder board enables system designers to quickly and easily integrate high-volume, continuous (streaming) data recording in a small compact package. The VR-7310 is designed for use in a broad range of space, weight and power (SWaP)-constrained critical applications in both manned and unmanned ground, air, and sea vehicles, including signal intelligence, image processing, FLIR radar, sonar, RF tuners, MRI and cameras.
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 Curtiss-Wright Controls Introduces 512GB Rugged Network Attached Storage (NAS) Solution
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 conduction-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.
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Curtiss-Wright Controls Boosts Speed on ADC FMC Card
Upgraded ADC510 FMC Card Now Delivers 550MSPS Output
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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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Curtiss-Wright Controls Introduces its First 32nm Intel® Core™ Microarchitecture-Based VME64x Single Board Computer
SAN DIEGO, CA – January 7, 2010 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, OpenVPX™, VXS and CompactPCI products for the Aerospace and Defense (A&D) market, has introduced the SVME/DMV-1905, its first high performance VME64x single board computer (SBC) utilizing the new dual-core Intel® Core™ i7-610E processor. The SVME/DMV-1905 brings the low-power, high-performance advantages of Intel architecture to demanding harsh environment compute applications.
The SVME/DMV-1905 complements Curtiss-Wright Controls’ new CHAMP-AV5 VME64x DSP engine, also utilizing an Intel® Core™ i7 processor. As a board set these two cards represents an industry milestone in bringing the myriad advantages of the Intel 32nm process technology to the rugged deployed COTS signal processing space.
“The combination of Intel Core i7 processor performance, along with Intel’s commitment to long life-cycle supply, has propelled us to choose Intel as the best technology choice for our signal processing product line,” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “We look forward to many future product generations that will harness Intel’s multi-core processor roadmap.”
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Curtiss-Wright Controls Announces Support for VxWorks 6.8 SMP on its First 32nm Intel® Core™ Microarchitecture-Based Multiprocessing DSP Engine
LEESBURG, VA – January 7, 2010 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, OpenVPX™, VXS and CompactPCI products for the Aerospace and Defense (A&D) market, today announced support for the Wind River® VxWorks™ 6.8 operating system on its new CHAMP-AV5 VME64x DSP (Digital Signal Processing) engine. The CHAMP-AV5, Curtiss-Wright Controls’ first DSP engine utilizing the new dual-core Intel® Core™ i7-610E processor, is also the first Curtiss-Wright Controls DSP board to support VxWorks symmetric multi-processing (SMP) capabilities. VxWorks™ 6.8 enables system designers developing applications using SMP to more easily harness the power of a multi-core processor. Furthermore, SMP provides software designs with built-in scalability to support future processors that feature even greater numbers of cores.
“We are pleased that our customers will be able to continue to use their preferred real-time operating system as we migrate our DSP products to multi-core Intel processors. The new SMP capability in VxWorks 6.8 is the key enabler to effectively develop high performance and scalable software,” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing.
“Wind River and Curtiss-Wright Controls have partnered to deliver rugged, embedded DSP solutions that will speed up the development and integration of advanced signal processing systems,” said Marc Brown, vice president of marketing and strategy, VxWorks Product Division, Wind River.
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Curtiss-Wright Controls Introduces its First 32nm Intel® Core™ Microarchitecture-Based Multiprocessing DSP Engine
LEESBURG, VA – January 7, 2010 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, OpenVPX™, VXS and CompactPCI products for the Aerospace and Defense (A&D) market, has introduced its first high performance VME64x DSP (Digital Signal Processing) engine utilizing the new dual-core Intel® Core™ i7-610E processor. The new CHAMP-AV5 is Curtiss-Wright Controls’ first DSP engine with the new Intel® Core™ i7 processor, representing an industry milestone in bringing the low-power/high-performance advantages of Intel processor technology to demanding military signal processing applications.
The CHAMP-AV5 complements Curtiss-Wright Controls’ new SVME/DMV-1905 single board computer, also based on the Intel® Core™ i7 processor. As a board set these two cards represent an industry milestone in bringing the myriad advantages of Intel processor technology to the rugged deployed COTS signal processing space.
“The combination of Intel Core i7 processor performance, along with Intel’s commitment to long life-cycle supply, has propelled us to choose Intel as the best technology choice for our signal processing product line,” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “We look forward to many future product generations that will harness Intel’s multi-core processor roadmap.”
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 Curtiss-Wright Controls Debuts OpenVPX™ Compliant Rugged 3U VPX Carrier Card for XMC Mezzanine Modules
OTTAWA, ONTARIO –January 6, 2010 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf VME, VPX, OpenVPX™, VXS, and CompactPCI products for the rugged embedded and rugged deployed aerospace and defense markets, has introduced the new 3U VPX VPX3-216 ExpressReach™ carrier card to speed and ease the integration of XMC mezzanine cards into embedded systems designed to be complaint with the OpenVPX™ standard.
“The VPX3-216 ExpressReach switchless carrier further expands our unmatched portfolio of VPX solutions,” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “The VPX3-216 provides a simple solution for system designs that require additional mezzanine modules.”
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 Curtiss-Wright Controls Debuts New QorIQ™ P4080 processor-based Rugged 6U VME64 Single Board Computer
OTTAWA, ONTARIO –January 6, 2010 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, OpenVPX™, VXS, and CompactPCI products for the rugged embedded and rugged deployed aerospace and defense (A&D) markets, has introduced the SVME/DMV-186, its latest rugged 6U VME64 single board computer (SBC). The SVME/DMV-186, powered by Freescale’s QorIQ P4080 family of higher performance processors, provides up to eight Power Architecture™ processor cores and associated high-performance data-path acceleration logic, network and peripheral bus interfaces with superior MIPS/Watt performance.
The SVME/DMV-186 augments the performance and advanced I/O capabilities of Freescale’s QorIQ™ P4080 processor with an extensive I/O complement to provide a highly capable 6U VME64 SBC. Joining its predecessors, the 6U VPX VPX6-187, and the 3U VPX VPX3-129, the SVME/DMV-186 is the third member of Curtiss-Wright Controls’ family of QorIQ P4080-based SBCs. The SVME/DMV-186 is ideal for a wide range of rugged embedded military applications including tactical aircraft, armored vehicles or rugged naval systems.
“The SVME/DMV-186 expands our rugged Power™ Architecture-based 6U VME product portfolio,” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “It provides our highest MIPS/Watt performance SBC for our VME customers.”
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Curtiss-Wright Controls Acquires Skyquest Systems
Leading Manufacturer of Rugged Video Display, Distribution, and Recording Technology for Airborne Surveillance Aircraft
CHARLOTTE, N.C., – December 21, 2009 – Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Skyquest Systems Ltd, for approximately £10 million. Skyquest is a leading supplier of aircraft video displays, recorders and video/radar converters, for surveillance aircraft applications in the aerospace and defense markets. The business will be organized under Curtiss-Wright Controls’ Embedded Computing group.
“The addition of Skyquest Systems raises Curtiss-Wright’s leadership position in the aerospace and defense embedded computing market,” said David Adams, co-chief operating officer of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. “The addition of Skyquest’s airborne video solutions to our product family will expand our systems offering for customers looking for a total solutions provider for their mission critical applications. Furthermore, Curtiss-Wright Controls will be able to grow the Skyquest brand more quickly by providing it access to many new markets.”
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Curtiss-Wright Controls' New Rugged 3U OpenVPX™ Single Board Computer Features QorIQ™ P4080 Processor
VPX3-129, designed to support OpenVPX™, is the second product to be announced from Curtiss-Wright Controls based on Freescale’s QorIQ P4080 SOC
OTTAWA, ONTARIO –December 15, 2009 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, 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 the VPX3-129, a new rugged Power™ Architecture-based 3U VPX (VITA 46) single board computer (SBC). This powerful, small form-factor SBC augments the performance and advanced I/O capabilities of Freescale’s QorIQ™ P4080 eight-core communications processor with an extensive I/O complement to provide a highly capable 3U VPX SBC. Joining its predecessor, the VPX6-187, the VPX3-129 is the second member of Curtiss-Wright Controls’ family of QorIQ P4080-based SBCs. Designed to support the new OpenVPX™ system interoperability specification for VPX, the VPX3-129 is ideal for a wide range of embedded commercial and military/aerospace applications including tactical aircraft, armored vehicles or rugged naval systems.
“The VPX3-129 expands our high performance Power™ Architecture-based 3U VPX product portfolio, ” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “Designed to be OpenVPX Ready, this small form factor, high bandwidth card is ideal for high performance SWaP constrained rugged applications.”
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 Curtiss-Wright Controls Debuts 4-Channel Serial FPDP Streaming Data Recorder
New Vortex SDRxL Quad Channel Scalable Data Recorder Supports 960MB/s Data Streams
DAYTON, OH – November 18, 2009 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed subsystems for the aerospace and defense market, has introduced the new Vortex SDRxL, a fully-featured off-the-shelf four (4) channel Serial FPDP (sFPDP) data recorder system for demanding sensor-to-processor streaming data applications. The Vortex SDRxL combines a uniquely equipped 3U rackmount controller with a reliable, scalable storage subsystem. This data logger can record and store up to four channels of sFPDP data at rates up to 960MB/s. The Vortex SDRxL speeds the integration of high-speed data recording capabilities into subsystems designed for instrumentation recording, mission recording, and SIGINT/ELINT recording and storage applications.
“The Vortex SDRxL delivers up to 4 channels of simultaneous (sFPDP) data recording and storage,” said David Dietz, vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems. “Our Vortex data recorder’s proven design and advanced technology, combines with a simple yet powerful GUI, enabling system integrators to reduce their risk and cut their time-to-market.”
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Curtiss-Wright Controls Boosts Speed on ADC FMC Card
Curtiss-Wright Controls Debuts First Quad Channel Clock Generator FMC Card
Curtiss-Wright Controls Introduces its First 32nm Intel® Core™ Microarchitecture-Based VME64x Single Board Computer
Curtiss-Wright Controls Introduces its First 32nm Intel® Core™ Microarchitecture-Based Multiprocessing DSP Engine
Curtiss-Wright Controls' New Rugged 3U OpenVPX™ Single Board Computer Features QorIQ™ P4080 Processor