7/27/2009 Curtiss-Wright Controls Awarded Contract from U.S. Army for Unmanned Ground Vehicle Demonstrator
CHARLOTTE, NC – July 27, 2009 – Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc., a leading manufacturer of
mission critical systems for defense and aerospace applications, today announced that it has
received a contract from the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and
Engineering Center (TARDEC) to supply advanced rugged computer processing modules for
use in an advanced, large Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) demonstrator being developed for
the Robotic Vehicle Control Architecture (RVCA) for a Future Force Army Technology Objective
(ATO). The Curtiss-Wright Controls processor modules will be used to host the battle command
software for the UGV.
Under the terms of the agreement, Curtiss-Wright Controls’ Embedded Computing group will
provide the U.S. Army with its innovative VPX6-1952 single board computer technology.
“Curtiss-Wright Controls is proud to provide our advanced, high performance VPX single board
computers for use by TARDEC,” said David Adams, co-chief operating officer of Curtiss-Wright
Corporation. “The operational advantages expected from the U.S. Army’s RVCA ATO and the
use of robotic unmanned ground vehicles promise to significantly improve the safety of the war
fighter.”
This VPX6-1952, which is a standard commercial product, is designed at Curtiss-Wright
Controls’ San Diego, CA, facility, and will be manufactured in Curtiss-Wright Controls’ Ottawa,
Canada, facility. The units will be shipped to TARDEC’s integration contractor DCS in
Alexandria, VA. For more information on the VPX6-1952, please visit the Curtiss-Wright
Controls Embedded Computing Web site at
http://www.cwcembedded.com/products/6/3/517.html.
About Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc.
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., 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,
N.J. 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 7,900 people worldwide. For more information about Curtiss-Wright,
please visit www.curtisswright.com.
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