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4th June 2018
Modifying COTS Mission Systems for Program Specific Needs Without NRE

  Modified COTS (MCOTS) variants of Parvus DuraCORmission processors take advantage of Curtiss-Wright’s cost competitive and quick-turn application engineering services to meet platform-specific I/O requirements—and typically without NRE expense. Leveraging built-in scalability, rugged DuraCOR mission computersare tailored for program specific needs via turnkey integration of add-on sensor interface capabilities. + No/low-NRE – save 40 to 60% or more on project costs

18th December 2017
Holiday closure 2017/18
13th June 2017
Register for the Luciad User Conference 2017

Once again Luciad will be organizing the annual User Conference in Brussels, Belgium from 4-5 October 2017. Register before 30 June 2017 to get EUR140 off the usual fee! To register or find out more, visit their events page here https://interact.luciad.com/

3rd April 2017
Optimized SWaP – Technology Conference 2017

Biam Technology in collaboration with Curtiss Wright will be hosting our 2017 Technology conference on 27 April 2017. Optimized SWaP (Size, Weight and Power) Trends 2017 Curtiss Wright, the market leader of ruggedized electronic COTS will be presenting the following topics COTS Technology Trends & CW IRAD, Form factor trending from VME to VPX  Small

11th April 2016
Curtiss Wright at DSA 2016, Kuala Lumpur

Defence Security Asia (DSA) APRIL 18, 2016 – APRIL 21, 2016   Curtiss-Wright will be exhibiting at Booth #1420 at Defence Security Asia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between April 18-21, 2016. Visit our booth to discuss our aiming and stabilization solutions as well as our avionics and electronics solutions for ground and aerospace platforms. 

16th February 2016
Curtiss Wright at the Singapore Airshow 2016

Singapore Air Show – Chiangi Exhibition Centre, 16-21 February 2016   NEW: Lightweight crash recorder and integrated Health Monitoring solution from Curtiss-Wright and Ultra Electronics Booth #R75  Making its debut at Singapore Airshow, Fortress HUMS combines an ED-112A qualified crash recorder with sophisticated inbuilt HUMS hardware.   This solution reduces installed box count and utilizes

13th January 2016
FRQ acquires COMSOFT GmbH

The Frequentis Group, a strategic investor with headquarters in Vienna, Austria, will take over the main assets and projects of air traffic control and air traffic management business COMSOFT GmbH in Karlsruhe.  The sale of COMSOFT comes less than two months after filing for insolvency, and administrator Seagon stated: “This was very demanding for all

29th July 2015
Luciad LightSpeed v2015.1

Following our commitment to sustainable application development, LuciadLightspeed V2015.1 includes many enhancements and numerous fixes requested by LuciadLightspeed users. In addition, we’ve added the following new features: • Integrate 3D Collada into any operational picture • Command and control joint missions with the latest APP-6C NATO symbology • Apply smart color styling to amplify elevation

1st April 2015
Luciad Public Training (Singapore) 2015

         Public Training May – Singapore  Luciad’s next Public Training in Asia is scheduled to take place in Singapore from May 18-22. Product-specific trainings are as follows:  LuciadLightspeed May 18-20, 2015  LuciadRIA ​May 21-22, 2015  Additional information is available on Luciad’s website.   For detailed information on the content and prerequisites for the different Luciad Product Trainings listed

18th March 2015
Luciad v2015

The release of LuciadLightspeed V2015.0 and LuciadLightspeed LM V2015.0 includes new Additional Components NetCDF weather data:  together with support for Asterix Category 8, this strengthens Luciad’s position for systems that have to deal with weather data. This is a whole range of applications, starting from weather portals (both in military and civilian), to flight planning,

30th July 2014
A new look for Luciad

  In case you haven’t noticed, Luciad has a new look! If you’ve got some time, check out the new website at www.luciad.com. Along with the new look and feel comes updated marketing material. They’ve worked hard to refresh the material, do contact us if you want a copy   Social Media Luciad also plans

5th May 2014
Biam appointed distributor for CW’s Avionics & Electronics

  As a long standing partner to Curtiss-Wright, Biam Technology has proven itself to have the appropriate expertise and partners in the region. Hence Biam Technology has  just been appointed to be the official distributor of Curtiss-Wright’s Avionics & Electronics products in Malaysia and Indonesia. These range of products include flight test instruments, airborne recorders,

10th January 2014
Luciad Public Training 2014

Luciad is pleased to announce the Luciad Public Product Trainings for 2014. Luciad offers Public Product Trainings for the development of Geospatial Situational Awareness applications. Luciad Product Trainings enable customers to benefit from the knowledge and the experience of the Luciad Specialists, and participate in hands-on training sessions. The Luciad Public Product Training schedule for

10th January 2014
Curtiss Wright Controls Defense Solutions at the Singapore Airshow 2014

Curtiss Wright Controls Defense Solutions will be exhibiting at the Singapore Airshow 2014 at booth S95. On display will be CWCDS’s latest range of Airborne displays, video switches and RADAR processing products. Those interested to know more about CWCDS’ products and would like to visit the show, do drop us an email with your full

23rd December 2013
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
30th October 2013
Luciad Public Trainings for 2013

    Luciad is pleased to announce the Luciad Public Trainings for 2013.  Luciad offers Public Product Trainings for the development of Geospatial Situational Awareness applications. Luciad Product Trainings enable customers to benefit from the knowledge and the experience of the Luciad Specialists, and participate in hands-on training sessions. The Luciad Public Training schedule for

2nd October 2013
Curtiss-Wright Acquires Parvus Corporation

Charlotte, N.C. – October 1, 2013 – Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. today announced that it has acquired 100% of the shares of Parvus Corporation (Parvus), a business unit of Eurotech S.p.A., for $38 million in cash. Parvus is a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged small form factor computers and communications subsystems for the aerospace, defense, homeland

8th August 2013
Luciad Public Training 2013

The Luciad Public Training 2013 includes dedicated sessions for LuciadLightspeed, LuciadMobile and LuciadRIA. Luciad offers its customers standard and customized Luciad Product Trainings for the development of Geospatial Situational Awareness applications. Luciad Product Trainings enable customers to benefit from the knowledge and the experience of the Luciad Specialists, and participate in hands-on training sessions. The

30th July 2013
Airborne Video Surveillance Hub Reduces Cabling, Expands Video I/O Support

Maximize Airborne Video Surveillance Mission Efficiency What price are you paying to access all of your video sensor data? Is your airborne platform encumbered with the weight of a “rat’s nest” of video cables? Can your surveillance system keep up with the chaos of multiple analog and digital video standards? Now there’s a simple solution – a

13th June 2013
Cut Costs from Develop-to-Deploy with Rugged 3U cPCI Enclosures!

We’ve brought the design and cost-cutting advantages of our D2D™ Chassis to 3U cPCI     Now, one chassis lets you rapidly and cost-effectively move from develop – to demo – to deployment using the same conduction-cooled 3U CompactPCI 0.8” pitch chassis and the same processing payload. For the first time, we’ve brought our popular

2nd June 2013
Leveraging the Full Potential of Your SBC?

Tap the full potential of your multi-core processor SBC You’ve selected your new multi-core Intel®-based Single Board Computer (SBC). Now, how are you going to get the most out of its unprecedented performance? Are you leaving processing power untapped?  Now is the time to learn how to optimize all of the SBC’s available cores. Does

12th April 2013
Luciad presenting at the GeoNerds May meetup

Luciad will present at the GeoNerds May meetup The GeoNerds May meetup will look at OpenStreetMap, the “wikipedia of geodata”. There will be a quick introduction to OpenStreetMap, and then dive into lightning talks on new features that make using and contributing to OpenStreetMap easier, and show some successful examples of OpenStreetMap in use. Trent

3rd April 2013
The Skyquest™ VMS Enhances Airborne Surveillance and Reduces Space, Weight and Cost

With high definition (HD) sensors now becoming standard in the latest electro-optical (EO) turrets installed on aircraft, it’s logical that air crew will want a fully integrated mission system that can exploit this latest surveillance technology to the fullest. The Skyquest HD Video Management System (VMS) is the ideal fully integrated surveillance suite for rotary

29th March 2013
Transport and Protect Your Data

The Vortex™ Data Transport System (DTS) is a Network Attached Storage Device ideal for size-constrained environments where data security is essential. It features Removable Memory Cartridges (RMCs) based on standard 2.5 inch SATA drives,  encrypted for data-at-rest. These RMCs can be used to conveniently and safely transport data between a base station and aircraft or

22nd February 2013
Designed for Platforms that Demand Advanced Cooling, Low-power, and Intensive I/O, These SBCs Are Taking the Market by Storm

Our VPX3-1257 and VPX6-1957 SBCs are the most flexible and configurable Single Board Computers on the market. These boards fully leverage their 3rd Generation  Intel® Core™  i7 (Ivy Bridge) dual/quad-core processor for SWaP-constrained applications, providing full, low and ultra-low power options for any environmental requirement –as low as 25W for 3U, and 35 W for 6U VPX. An

6th February 2013
The Vortex CNS Rugged File Server Now Offers Type 1 Encryption for Data-At-Rest

 The Vortex CNS now offers an option for NSA Type 1 encryption of your critical data-at-rest. Incorporating an encryptor already certified for Secret and Below (SAB), the CNS-T1 option can reduce your technical and schedule risk by leveraging our COTS storage products which are shipping now. For less critical applications, the standard CNS offers FIPS