Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems to Demonstrate Network Centric Vetronics Architecture and Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) Sensor System
AUSA’s ILW WINTER Symposium 2011, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (BOOTH #1038) – February 23, 2011 -- Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading system integrator of rugged integrated electronics for the aerospace and defense market, will demonstrate a high-TRL, cost-effective, modular approach to intra-vehicular netcentric architecture modernization based exclusively on open-system building blocks at AUSA’s ILW Winter Symposium and Exposition Feb 23-25, 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The company will also demonstrate a Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) sensor system.
The demonstration will highlight a progression of what was shown at the company’s October 2010 AUSA exhibit in Washington DC, and will feature small form factor technology to achieve localized Ethernet input/output data concentration as well as legacy MIL-STD-1553 bridging to the modern Ethernet backbone. Curtiss-Wright product experts will explain how this technology, based largely on architecture research performed for the US Army’s PM-HBCT, can be used for achieving cost-effective compliance to the emerging VICTORY standard for both legacy vehicles needing a gradual technology insertion path, as well as new vehicle platforms.
This approach enables easy integration of capabilities such as data/video distribution, recording/playback, and network attached data storage. Seamless bridging of legacy databus devices over the gigabit Ethernet backbone (ideal for enabling a phased modernization approach) will be featured. Information will also be presented on Electronic Systems’ intelligent vehicle power distribution and management capability which provides a means for integrated “smart” power monitoring and control to better assist the vehicle crew in managing critical onboard power resources.
Also at the event, Curtiss-Wright’s StressWave sensor technology will be displayed at the General Dynamics Land Systems booth (#1022), as part of the General Dynamics Land Systems Maneuver Collaboration Center (MC2™) showcase of innovative technologies. StressWave technology provides the earliest indication of actionable mechanical system health issues for cost-effective CBM and integrated vehicle health management.
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About Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems
Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems is one of the industry’s most comprehensive and experienced single sources for reliable, integrated military platform solutions. Our wide range of product and service expertise includes Motion Control, Vehicle Management Computers, Network Centric Computing, High-Speed Recording & Storage, Rate Sensor Assemblies, and Electronic Manufacturing Services. The Electronic Systems group of Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc. serves the defense, commercial, aerospace and industrial markets.
About Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc.
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Curtiss-Wright Controls is the motion control segment of Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW). Curtiss-Wright Controls is a leading international technology-based organization. With manufacturing facilities around the world, the company provides niche motion control products, subsystems and services for the aerospace and defense markets. For more information, visit www.cwcontrols.com.
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