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Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing - Littleton
30 Porter Road
Littleton, MA 01460

(T) 978.952.2000

Sales Contact:
Paul Malchodi,
Business Development Manager
151 Taylor Street
Littleton, MA 01460
(T) 978.952.2141

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Littleton Programs

Abrams Main Battle Tank
Armored Security Vehicle (ASV)
Avenger Pedestal Mounted Stinger
Black Hawk, Kiowa Warrior, Chinook, Apache Helicopters
Bradley A3 Fighting Vehicle
Bradley A2 Fighting Vehicle
Control/Relay Unit
EPLRS - Equipped Vehicle Platform
High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV)
High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) M1151
M8 Armored Gun System (AGS)
Multiple Launch Weapon System (MLRS)
Relay Junction Unit
Sensors, Systems and Subsystems
Turret Drive Control Unit (TDCU)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Abrams Main Battle Tank

Platform: Abrams
Applications: Sight and Targeting System CCAs

Value Added: 

    • Long term relationship with Prime
    • Unique knowledge of Product and Test needs

 

 

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Armored Security Vehicle (ASV)

Platform: Armored Security Vehicle (ASV)
Application: Turret and Weapons Control / Power Distribution
Product: Control units for ASV

Program participation:

    • Reviewed documentation
    • Identified obsolete parts
    • Identified solutions for obsolete parts
    • Performed First Article Testing
    • Produced and delivered over 400 sets to date

Value Added: 

    • Quick Response / Post Katrina
    • Strong Program Management Support
    • Customer Focus
    • Improved Product Performance (Elevation Control)

 

 

 

 

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Avenger Pedestal Mounted Stinger

Platform:
Avenger
Applications: Interface CCAs

 

 

Value Added: 

    • Legacy systems with Obsolescence
    • Sporadic production runs
    • Maintain Data Base of Component Sources

 

 

 

 

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Black Hawk, Kiowa Warrior, Chinook, Apache Helicopters

Customer:
CECOM
Product: Helicopter Threat Warning System
Aircraft: UH-60 Blackhawk, H-58 Kiowa, AH-1 Cobra and AH-64 Apache Longbow
Function: Alert crew when aircraft is targeted by enemy radar

Program participation:

    • Reviewed design
    • Identified obsolete components
    • Identified solutions for obsolete parts
    • Performed First Article Testing
    • Produced and delivered over 400 systems to date

 

Value Added: 

    • Legacy system manufacturing services for "orphaned" program
    • Compete Technical Data Package overhaul
    • Component Obsolescence Management
    • Sub-system and Software Redesign

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Bradley A3 Fighting Vehicle

Platform:
Bradley Fighting Vehicle - A3 Version
Customer: TACOM
Product: Eleven LRU’s for A3 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Application: Power Control and Distribution

Program participation:  

    • Worked on initial design  
    • Performed First Article Testing
    • Performed concurrent engineering during field testing
    • Generated level three documentation for units
    • Identified obsolete parts on an on going basis
    • Identified solutions for obsolete parts
    • Performed Qualification testing
    • Produced and delivered over 600 sets

 Value Added: 

    • Manufacturing Services 15+ Years
    • Design collaboration for manufacturing / produce-ability
    • Component Obsolescence Management 

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Bradley A2 Fighting Vehicle

Platform:
Bradley Fighting Vehicle - A2 Version
Customer: TACOM
Product: Nine LRU’s for A2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Application: Power Control and Distribution

Program participation:

    • Produced modules from Government owned documentation
    • Identified obsolete parts
    • Identified solutions for obsolete parts
    • Performed Qualification testing
    • Produced and delivered over 3000 sets

 Value Added: 

    • Manufacturing Services 15+ Years
    • Design collaboration for manufacturing / produce-ability
    • Component Obsolescence Management 

 

 

 

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Control/Relay Unit

Customer: US Navy
Product: Control and Relay sets
System:  Controls for Aircraft Carrier based, avionics cooling system

Program participation:

    • Turned pictorial concept into a product
    • Mechanically designed internal parts layout
    • Designed internal wiring scheme
    • Fabricated five sets of units for field testing
    • Supported customer and end use during field testing

 

 

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EPLRS - Enhanced Position Locating Reporting System

Platform:
EPLRS Equipped Vehicles
Applications: EPLRS Power Adapter (DC/DC & AC/DC) 

 

 

Value Added: 

    • Design collaboration for manufacturing / produce-ability
    • Quick turn required on emerging application
    • 15,000 units delivered to date 

 

 

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High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV)

Platform: HMMWV
Applications: Vehicle Control Unit (VCU)

 

 

 

Value Added: 

    • Emergency situation due to vehicle starter logic issue with glow plug system
    • Design, Development, and Qualification 
    • 65,000 units delivered in 24 months



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High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) M1151


Product: Power Distribution Device for Improved HMMWV (M1151)
Function: Power control and protection of communication equipment
  
Program participation:

    • Designed units from functional specification and mechanical concept
    • Performed Qualification testing on units
    • Produced and delivered twelve sets of units for field testing

 

 


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M8 Armored Gun System (AGS)

Customer: CECOM
Weapon System: Replacement for M551A1 Sheridan with airborne units
Product: Battery Control Box (BCB), Hull Distribution Unit (HDU), Turret Electronic Distribution Box (TEDB)

Program participation:

  • Worked on initial design
  • Built prototypes
  • Built 5 sets of units for Initial Production Phase (IPP)
  • Performed Qualification testing on the units
  • Performed concurrent engineering during field testing
  • Generated level three documentation for the units
  • Built 15 sets of units for Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP)
  • Supported customer during marketing effort for the AGS

 

 

 



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Multiple Launch Weapon System (MLRS)

Customer: TACOM
Product: Improved Electronic Distribution Box
Weapon System: Multiple Launch Weapon System (MLRS)

Program participation:

    • Worked on initial design
    • Performed First Article Testing
    • Performed concurrent engineering during field testing
    • Generated Engineering change documentation field testing
    • Identified obsolete parts on an on going basis
    • Identified solutions for obsolete parts
    • Performed Qualification testing
    • Produced and delivered over 200 sets

 

 

 



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Relay Junction Unit


Product: Relay Junction Box
Function: Vehicle upgrade for Operation Desert Storm Bradley IFV

Program participation:

  • Designed RYJ from an engineering schematic and concept
  • Produced sample units 90 days after turn on
  • Performed First Article Testing
  • Supported customer during field trials
  • Produced and delivered over 2000 units to date

 

 



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Sensors, Systems and Subsystems

Development: Sensors / Systems / Sub-Systems
Applications: Emerging Products & Design Collaboration

 

Value Added: 

  • Design collaboration for manufacturing / produce-ability
  • Manufacturing Services
  • Identification of Funding Sources  

 

 


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Turret Drive Control Unit (TDCU)

Customer: TACOM
Product: Nine modules for the TDCU
Weapon System: Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle

Program participation:

    • Produced modules from Government owned documentation
    • Identified obsolete parts
    • Identified solutions for obsolete parts
    • Performed Qualification testing
    • Produced and delivered over 3000 sets of modules

 



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