Military & Aerospace Electronics
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Curtiss-Wright to Provide Avionics Computer for Navy MQ-4C Unmanned Patrol Plane in $7.5 Million Contract

The Curtiss-Wright AMMS has a high-speed embedded computing suite for high -performance processing, and a modular, scalable open-systems architecture.

07/20/2021
Military Embedded Systems
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Army TITAN Team from Raytheon Leverages MOSA Expertise

Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) expertise is a key characteristic of the team Raytheon Technologies is putting together to support development of the U.S. Army’s Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) program.

07/01/2021
Vita Technologies
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Lead-Free or Not Lead-Free: High-Reliability Options for System Designers

Reliability is a key requirement for military and aerospace systems and assemblies. Curtiss-Wright has been highly focused on ruggedness and reliability as a leading supplier of COTS [commercial off-the-shelf] electronics for more than 30 years.

06/09/2021
Avionics International
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Despite COVID-19, eVTOL Avionics Development Forges Ahead

Analysis of the latest technologies being developed by avionics OEMs for the emerging eVTOL market.

05/24/2021
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Modernizing Legacy Aircraft Mission Computing with Open Standards

Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions is the world's leading supplier of rugged commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) computer, networking, and data storage solutions for defense and aerospace platforms. Our flexible subsystem designs can support legacy data buses, like MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC 429, making it fast, simple, and cost-effective to replace aging aircraft systems with modern high-performance equipment.

05/17/2021
Military Embedded Systems
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Open Architecture Initiatives Bolster Unmanned Sensors and Systems

The advent of unmanned systems reflects a huge aspect of warfare – that of protecting the warfighter – through the development of platforms that can be operated by humans from a distance, keeping them out of harm’s way.

05/17/2021
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Simplifying the Integration of Assured PNT with CMOSS/SOSA Aligned Solutions

From a design and engineering perspective, there are many moving parts to consider and combine in order to arrive at a position, navigation, and timing (PNT) truth. In addition, solutions must be easy to integrate into the available space on existing platforms, whether they are unmanned aerial systems (UASs) or other aircraft, ground-based operations, or systems at sea.

05/10/2021
Aerospace & Defense Technology
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Designing Rugged SWaP-Optimized MOSA Solutions for UUVs

As the U.S. Navy increases its investment in its fleet of unmanned undersea vehicles (UUV), suppliers of rugged commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) subsystems, providing solutions for mission computers, network switches, and routers, and data storage are meeting the needs of these unique platforms.

05/01/2021