Curtiss-Wright Controls Introduces its First Rugged 3U OpenVPX(tm) Data Recorder

DAYTON, OH – March 2, 2010 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed systems for the aerospace and defense market, has introduced the new conduction-cooled Vortex VR-7310 3U VPX/VPX-REDI/OpenVPX™ (VITA 46/48/65) data recorder. This small form factor data recorder board enables system designers to quickly and easily integrate high-volume, continuous (streaming) data recording in a small compact package. The VR-7310 is designed for use in a broad range of space, weight and power (SWaP)-constrained critical applications in both manned and unmanned ground, air, and sea vehicles, including signal intelligence, image processing, FLIR Radar, sonar, RF tuners, MRI and cameras.

“Today’s advanced sensor systems require the capability to record and retrieve high-speed sensor data in a wide range of harsh environments,” said David Dietz, vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems. “The VR-7310 delivers the high bandwidth and system operability of the VPX and OpenVPX standards, coupled with the size, weight and power advantages of the 3U form factor, to provide an ideal recording system for rugged deployed data management and storage applications.”

The VR-7310 data recorder provides a quick and cost effective way to store and retrieve captured data from a variety of sensor interfaces without interruption. The VR-7310 supports storage includes eight (8) external 6 Gbps SAS/SATA links that enable direct attachment to eight (8) 1.8” or 2.5” drives deployed on disk carrier cards or VPX3-FSM Flash Storage Devices. This high performance 3U VPX recording engine features an on-board XMC/ expansion site, supporting a wide variety of I/O such as Serial Front Panel Data Port (sFPDP), Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), 10GbE and analog I/O, as well as FPGA processing. The board’s AMCC 460SX CPU is supported with 2GB of DDR2 SDRAM memory for recording buffers.

Vortex Software

Curtiss-Wright Controls supports the Vortex data recorder family with software that enables users to easily manipulate or analyze data while it is recorded or during playback. The Vortex software provides full access to a well-defined and fully documented interface to the data before it is written to or read from disk. Curtiss-Wright Controls also provides the XML-RPC API which enables the customer’s application to control system operations including the number of channels to acquire, disk grouping, playback from offsets in the recording, disk group management. For custom applications, the Vortex software provides users with an easy to use API for creating high-speed recording systems with a wide range of I/O options. Application Programming services are available upon request.

The Vortex Family of Storage Solutions

The VR-7310 is the newest member of Curtiss-Wright Controls’ Vortex family of high-performance data recorder and rugged storage systems designed to support the severe environment of Military applications that range from high-speed streaming recorders to network centric file servers.

The Vortex family supports applications including instrumentation recording, mission recording, SIGINT/ELINT recording and storage for both rugged and lab environments.

VR-7310 Features:

· Powerful CPU (AMCC 460SX)

· 8 external 6 Gbps SAS/SATA links

· Pluggable IO on XMC site

· VITA 46 3U form factor

· Fully rugged conduction-cooled

· Network Attached Storage (NAS) capability

For information on pricing and availability of the VR-7310, please contact the factory.

For editorial information regarding Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems products or services, contact John Wranovics, public relations director, Curtiss-Wright Controls, Tel: (925) 640-6402; email. jwranovics@curtisswright.com.

Inquiries: Please forward all Sales and reader service inquiries to Matt Young, Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems, Tel: (937) 252-5601 x1363; Fax (937) 258-2729; email: systeminfo@curtisswright.com

About Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems

Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems is one of the industry’s most comprehensive and experienced single sources for rugged, integrated solutions that are qualified for military platforms. Our product and service expertise includes Motion Control, Network Centric Computing, Rate Sensor Assemblies, Vehicle Management Computers, High-Speed Recording & Storage, and Electronic Manufacturing Services. The Electronic Systems business group serves the defense, aerospace, commercial and industrial markets and is part of Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. For more information about Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems, visit www.cwcelectronicsystems.com.

About Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc.

Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Curtiss-Wright Controls is the motion control segment of Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW). 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.