Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions

Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions is the defense solutions division of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. It is the main business unit of the Defense Electronics segment. The division is based in Ashburn, Virginia. Defense made up 58 percent of Curtiss-Wright's 2024 end market sales.

The division designs rugged commercial off the shelf electronics and systems. These serve aerospace, ground and naval defense programs in the United States and allied countries. The site says it supplies MIL-SPEC integrated subsystems for the US Navy.

Its embedded computing range includes single board computers, FPGA and DSP processor cards, ADC and DAC modules, I/O boards, and video and graphics cards. It also makes networking switches, storage blade cards and 100 GbE Fabric100 cards for OpenVPX systems. Its tactical data link processing range covers gateways, mission software and training.

The flight test and monitoring range covers data acquisition, telemetry, recording, switching, data display and processing. Products include flight termination receivers, airborne telemetry receivers, radar transponders and telemetry transmitters. The site also lists crash protected flight recorders, air data computers and camera acquisition. It describes its data acquisition business as the largest in the world.

The company also makes rugged enclosures and consoles, stabilization and motion control systems, and ammunition handling products. Its 901D naval enclosures and consoles are part of that range. The site lists modular 3U and 6U VPX systems as well.

Curtiss-Wright lists its defense technology on platforms including the F-35 Lightning II, MV-75 FLRAA, Eurofighter Typhoon, C-17 Globemaster, unmanned aerial systems and NASA's Space Launch System. The division's flight test instrumentation is also used on the F-22 and B-52. Curtiss-Wright and Honeywell developed cockpit voice recorders to help Boeing and Airbus meet a 25 hour recording requirement.

The division takes an active role in industry standards. It is a principal member of The Open Group SOSA Consortium and sits on the board of the VITA Standards Organization. Its products are built on open standards and modular design. The division has also grown through acquisitions, including Micro Memory, Acra Controls, Parvus, Pacific Star Communications, DY4 and Transtech.

Services

• Embedded computing
• Processor cards
• FPGA and sensor processor cards
• Networking cards
• Tactical data link processing
• Flight test and monitoring
• Data acquisition systems
• Flight data recorders
• Rugged enclosures and consoles
• Motion control