Curtiss-Wright Controls Demos HPEC Processing, Ground Penetrating RADAR, Airborne Video Surveillance and Network Centric Vetronics Architecture at AUSA 2010
AUSA 2010, WASHINGTON D.C. (BOOTH #3143) – OCTOBER 25, 2010 – Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. will demonstrate a wide range of hardware and software solutions for integrators of defense and aerospace systems at AUSA 2010, October 25-27, 2010, Washington D.C.. The companyʼs booth will feature several system demonstrations from the companyʼs worldwide business groups, including a new COTS-based High Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) system, a 3-D Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), an advanced airborne Video Surveillance Management System (VMS) and a COTS-based Vetronics system. In addition, CWC will also display a fully integrated off-the-shelf Packaged COTS (PCOTS) system for harsh military environments, a family of fans, motors, blowers, and rotary sensors, a family of control handles for military vehicles and a rotary actuator for flight systems.
Network Centric Vetronics Architecture Demo:
Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems (Santa Clarita, CA) will demonstrate a high-TRL, cost-effective, modular approach to a netcentric architecture modernization based exclusively on open-system building blocks. Derived largely from research performed for the US Armyʼs PM-HBCT, the demonstration features data and video distribution, recording, and playback over a gigabit Ethernet data bus backbone. It will show seamless bridging of legacy databus devices (e.g. CAN or 1553) to the Ethernet backbone, enabling a phased modernization approach. The demonstration will also include CWCELʼs Intelligent Power Distribution Device (iPDD) that provides an integrated “Smart” approach to vehicle power monitoring and control to better assist the crew in managing their onboard power resources.
HPEC System Demo:
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedding Computing (Chatsworth, CA) will demonstrate their new HPEC multi-node system. The demo will be based on a system comprised of ten of the companyʼs CHAMP-AV6 single board computers, running the GEDAE SAR benchmark using 64 cores. This demo is based on the HPEC SAR challenge from MIT Lincoln Laboratory (see http://www.ll.mit.edu/HPECchallenge/sar.html). The system demonstrates the incremental performance improvement (or reduction in processing latency) as between one and eight processor cards are added to the system.
Ground Penetrating Radar Demo:
Curtiss-Wright Controlsʼ 3d-Radar business group (Trondheim, Norway) will demonstrate its innovative, powerful 3-D Ground Penetrating Radar system technology, for rapidly and accurately identifying buried threats in military environments. This GPR system speeds the identification and analysis of sub-surface objects with real-time data delivery. 3d-Radarʼs unique GPR technology includes GeoScope™, which enables operators to view post-processed GPR data within milliseconds of the initial capture.
Video Management System Demo:
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (Laindon, UK) will demonstrate its Skyquest™ Video Management System (VMS) for use in rotorary- and fixed-wing aircraft. The Skyquest VMS delivers extensive video capability and flexibility to aircrews across a variety of missions. It provides comprehensive management of video on board the aircraft and enables operators to enhance use of their gyro-stabilized camera system while viewing multiple video sources simultaneously. The Skyquest surveillance system also provides previously unavailable video switching, recording and display capabilities. The Skyquest VMS is currently being fielded onto U.S. Army LUH helicopters, as well as being fielded with leading law enforcement and military customers in several countries throughout the world, including UK MOD and most UK law enforcement operators. The equipment has proven to be well suited for demanding airborne surveillance missions and reliable in harsh environments.
About Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc.
Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Curtiss-Wright Controls is the Motion Control segment of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. With manufacturing facilities around the world, Curtiss-Wright Controls is a leading technology-based organization providing niche motion control products, subsystems and services internationally for the aerospace and defense markets. For more information, visit www.cwcontrols.com.
About Curtiss-Wright
Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) is a diversified company headquartered in Parsippany, NJ. The company designs, manufactures and overhauls products for motion control and flow control applications, and provides a variety of specialized metal treatment services. The firm employs approximately 7,500 people worldwide. For more information, visit www.curtisswright.com.
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