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Curtiss-Wright Announces New Board Level Products Supporting Xilinx Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs
Leesburg, VA – April 2, 2008 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX and mezzanine products for the defense and aerospace market, has announced that it will support the new Xilinx Virtex®-5 FXT field programmable gate array (FPGA) platform with a range of rugged board level products.
Curtiss-Wright is one of a select group of early access Xilinx customers to evaluate the newest platform of 65nm Virtex-5 FPGAs. The company is planning to use the Virtex-5 FXT platform for a range of new and existing product platforms in embedded military and aerospace multicomputing applications. Current Curtiss-Wright products featuring the Virtex-5 LXT and SXT components have been designed with the FXT in mind. FXT support on these products, and new designs using the FXT are expected to be available in the second half of 2008.
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Curtiss-Wright’s CHAMP-AV6 VPX DSP Engine Achieves Unmatched 8.68 GB/s Sustained Inter-Card Data Rates
Performance Tests Measured SRIO Data Streams Between Dual CHAMP-AV6 Cards: Delivers 92% of SRIO “Wire-Speed”
Leesburg, VA - April 2, 2008 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX and CompactPCI products for the Aerospace and Defense market (A&D), has announced the results of recent performance testing for its CHAMP-AV6 VPX digital signal processor (DSP) engine. In the test, two quad FreeScale 8641 Power Architecture-based CHAMP-AV6s delivered a previously unachievable sustained intercard data rate of 8.68 GB/s, highlighting the performance advantages of Serial RapidIO (SRIO) over the new VPX bus architecture. The test results, which indicate a 16x improvement (approximate) over a quad PowerPC-based VME-based DSP engine using StarFabric underline the advantages of the VPX standard, collaboratively developed by COTS industry leaders and prime military integrators, which delivers a high-speed serial interconnect with a form-factor and feature set specifically designed to meet the most demanding A&D applications.
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 Curtiss-Wright Debuts New Rugged High-Speed, Dual Channel 16-Bit Digital Receiver Mezzanine Card for Radar, SDR and SIGINT Applications
New XMC-E2201 Card Features Dual Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs; Supports 160 MSPS Analog Sampling per Channel
Leesburg, VA – March 28, 2008 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX and CompactPCI products for the Aerospace and Defense market, has announced the availability of the XMC-E2201, a rugged and compact high-speed, dual channel 16-bit digital receiver XMC/PMC mezzanine card. The XMC-E2201 supports analog sampling rates of 160 Msps and speeds the integration of high performance signal acquisition into rugged deployed COTS VPX, VME and CompactPCI subsystems. Designed for demanding signal acquisition applications, the card is ideal for use in radar, software defined radio (SDR), and signal intelligence (SIGINT) platforms.
“With the introduction of the XMC-E2201, Curtiss-Wright expands its range of industry leading DSP and FPGA-based signal processing platforms to include advanced signal acquisition technology, making it much easier for our customers to integrate complete subsystem solutions,” said Lynn Patterson, Vice President and General Manager of Curtiss Wright’s Modular Solutions group. “This innovative XMC/PMC card is a great complement to our CHAMP and SBC family of VME and VPX signal processing engines.”
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Curtiss-Wright Acquires Business/Assets of Pentland Systems
Leading Supplier of Signal Acquisition Solutions Broadens Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing’s Product Portfolio
Leesburg, VA – February 14, 2008 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading supplier of rugged embedded boards and subsystems for the rugged deployed Aerospace and Defense market, has announced that it has acquired the business and assets of Pentland Systems Ltd., Livingston, Scotland, UK a leading supplier of rugged signal acquisition solutions.
The purchase greatly enhances Curtiss-Wright’s sensor processing product portfolio adding RF/IF signal acquisition, analog, digital I/O and synchro/resolver products for radar, software defined radio (SDR) and signal intelligence applications.
“Pentland is a leading supplier of rugged high performance analog acquisition and reconstruction products for sonar, radar, signal intelligence and software defined radio applications in the Aerospace & Defense market,” said Tom Quinly, President of Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “We’re very excited about adding their building block technology to our product family. The addition of another incredibly talented and complementary technical team fits our strategy of continuing to expand our portfolio to offer the broadest and most tightly integrated rugged deployed COTS boards and subsystems available.”
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Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc. acquires Pentland Systems, Ltd
Adds Critical Solutions to Embedded Computing Product Offerings
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (February 14, 2008) – Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc. announced today that it has acquired the business and assets of Pentland Systems, Ltd for $2.3 million. Pentland develops and supplies high-performance signal acquisition solutions to the aerospace and defense markets. The business will be organized under Curtiss-Wright Controls’ Embedded Computing group.
Pentland is a world leader in the acquisition and synthesis of high quality analog signals in leading-edge computing systems. Pentland’s products are designed for the toughest aerospace and defense, industrial, applications such as precision closed loop control, process monitoring, and radar and sonar signal acquisition.
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 Curtiss-Wright Debuts First Rugged NVIDIA G73M Graphics Accelerator XMC Card
Based on the NVIDIA G73M, the new XMC-710 Graphics Controller Delivers OpenGL Processing at PCIExpress Data Rates
Leesburg, VA – January 21, 2008 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading supplier of rugged embedded boards and subsystems for the rugged deployed Aerospace and Defense market, has announced its first NVIDIA G73M-based graphics display control card, the XMC-710 XMC mezzanine module. This new COTS graphics card is the company’s first designed to the new advanced XMC (VITA 42.3) open standard architecture, and is designed for use in VME, VPX and CompactPCI systems. Its rugged small form-factor XMC packaging, and advanced proprietary features, including unique “video freeze detection” capability, provide system integrators with a quickly integrated high performance graphics display controller ideal for space constrained deployed applications and technology refresh opportunities. The card also offers highly integrated software, including Curtiss-Wright’s Graphics Software Suite (GSS) and Seaweed System’s Seawind/GL/GN /GL/GN X/OpenGL software to speed and optimize use of this high performance graphics engine.
“The XMC-710 combines cutting-edge NVIDIA graphics processing, unique FPGA-based advanced features and the next-generation PCI Express performance of the new XMC mezzanine module format,” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager of Modular Solutions, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “The first in a new family of XMC and NVIDIA graphics products, the XMC-710 reinforces Curtiss-Wright as a leading vendor of rugged embedded graphics for the Aerospace and Defense market. With its exceptional performance and breadth of OS support, the XMC-710 is the graphics solution of choice for system integrators today and in the future.”
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Curtiss-Wright’s CHAMP-AV6 VPX DSP Engine Excels in Demanding Environmental Tests
Company’s Highest Performance Quad PowerPC/Serial Switched Fabric VITA 46 Board Qualified Over Harsh Temperature Ranges, Shock and Vibration Testing
Leesburg, VA – December 10, 2007 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX and CompactPCI products for the Aerospace and Defense market (A&D), has announced the successful testing and qualification of its CHAMP-AV6 VPX digital signal processor (DSP) engine over the full Level 200 conduction-cooled range of rugged temperature, shock, and vibration specifications. The CHAMP-AV6’s successful test results deliver on the promise of VPX (VITA 46), the new generation of high performance, rugged open-architecture embedded board modules. The VPX standard, collaboratively developed by COTS industry leaders and prime military integrators, delivers a high-speed serial interconnect with a form-factor and feature set specifically designed to meet the most demanding A&D applications.
“We’re proud to announce that the CHAMP-AV6 has met and/or exceeded its design goals in every category of harsh environment rugged testing,” said Lynn Patterson, Vice President and General Manager of Curtiss Wright’s Modular Solutions group. “The demanding qualification process the card successfully endured shows unequivocally that VPX combines unmatched processing bandwidth with previously unobtainable levels of survivability.”
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 Tom Quinly Named Senior Vice President, Curtiss-Wright Controls
Quinly Also Continues as President, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
LEESBURG, VA – December 18, 2007 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed commercial off-the-shelf products for the aerospace and defense market, has announced the promotion of Tom Quinly to the position of Senior Vice President, Curtiss-Wright Controls. In addition to this new role, Mr. Quinly will also continue as President for the Embedded Computing Division. Mr. Quinly reports directly to David Adams, President, Curtiss-Wright Controls.
“In recognition of his outstanding performance and strong contribution to the profitable growth of Curtiss-Wright Controls, I am pleased to announce that Tom Quinly has been named Senior Vice President,” said David Adams, President of Curtiss-Wright Controls.
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 Curtiss-Wright Debuts Rugged Network Security Processor PMC Card
Based on the Freescale MPC8555E, the new PMC-110 CryptoNet security module features Firewall, Intrusion Detection, NAT, IPSec, and Cryptography Engines and Dual GbE (10/100/1000) ports
Leesburg, VA – December 10, 2007 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading supplier of rugged embedded boards and subsystems for the Aerospace and Defense (A&D) market has announced the PMC-110 CryptoNet Security PMC, its first rugged embedded security module. The PMC-110, a Processor PMC (PrPMC) mezzanine module, available in both air-cooled and conduction-cooled versions, is the first embedded board to feature on-board Firewall, Intrusion Detection, Network Address Translation (NAT), IPSec, and hardware-enabled cryptographic engines. The PMC-110 enables system designers to quickly and easily add advanced network security functionality to VME, VPX, CompactPCI and other host embedded boards that provide a PMC mezzanine site.
“Curtiss-Wright is proud to be at the forefront of bringing advanced embedded network security solutions to the A&D market,” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager of Modular Solutions, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “The CryptoNet security PMC is an ideal solution to prevent unauthorized network access to critical information for applications deployed in air, land, and sea vehicles. Securing possible entries of attacks, the PMC-110 can be used to secure a data storage network, or protect mission critical applications from hostile attacks including IP Spoofing, Denial of Service (DoS), and Trojan Horses.”
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Curtiss-Wright and Sigma Resources and Technologies Announce Partnership to Integrate Physical Layer Switches and Test Automation Appliances
The companies have integrated Sigma’s SigmationTF and Curtiss-Wright’s GLX family of Physical Layer switches
Leesburg, VA - November 27, 2007 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC), a leading manufacturer of Physical Layer Switching solutions, and Sigma Technologies & Resources, a leading supplier of testing technologies for networking, security and wireless, today announced that they have partnered to offer integrated physical layer switch and test automation software solutions for enterprise network lab automation applications. Sigma announced that it has developed software libraries to integrate its SigmationTF test automation software with Curtiss-Wright’s GLX family of switches, including the GLX4000 series of non-blocking, multi-protocol physical layer switches.
Gorky Chin, vice president and general manager of CWCEC’s Data Communications group stated. “Sigma and Curtiss-Wright have worked together to seamlessly integrate SigmationTF and the GLX4000 switches. Together, they combine advanced lab management software and the industry’s highest port density physical layer switch, to provide the network test engineer with unmatched reliability and signal integrity. Lab Manager and GLX4000 deliver faster, lower cost, repeatable tests enabling customers to get their networking solutions to market faster.”
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