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Littleton, Mass., August 10, 2004. Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc. has received a firm-fixed-price contract by Lockheed Martin's Communications Electronics Command (CECOM) Rapid Response (CR2) office, Tinton Falls, N.J. The award, in excess of $6 million, is for procurement of spare Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) systems currently used by the U.S. Army.
The work will be performed at the Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing Littleton, Mass., facility, which will be responsible for all elements of the RWR subsystems procurement, manufacturing, integration and testing. This facility specializes in the design and manufacture (or remanufacture) of electronic components and subsystems that require improved performance or technology upgrades. Delivery of the RWR systems will start in 2005 and will be completed in 2007.
RWRs are crucial safety systems designed specifically for military aircraft applications. The RWR monitors the environment for radar signals, characterizes them and provides varying levels and types of warnings in order to allow aircraft crews to take evasive maneuvers or deploy countermeasures. These systems are essential in improving the probability of survival for military aircraft and personnel with which they are engaged.
"We are excited to assist Lockheed Martin and our armed services with this specialized system, which will help protect our military's aircraft and crews going into harm's way around the world," says George J. Yohrling, president of Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. "Curtiss-Wright Controls is proud to support this vital program and appreciates the confidence Lockheed Martin has placed in us as the scope of this avionics project increases."
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is an established provider of Mil Spec electronics to the Department of Defense and Tier 1 Prime Contractors, which has existing contracts supporting manufacturing and delivery of spare electronic subsystems. This is the first complete system order to be awarded that includes elements procured by Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing.
The company's comprehensive Obsolescence Mitigation Team, which closely manages production of electronic components and subsystems for military platforms, was an important factor in the contract award decision.
The decision was made through Lockheed Martin's CECOM Rapid Response Program, a contract vehicle that streamlines acquisitions for Government Platform Managers. When needed, the Lockheed Martin CR2 office quickly supplies hardware and services to all DoD armed forces as well as the State Department, Transportation Department, NOAA, NASA and others.
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing - Subsystems, with operations in Littleton, Mass., Santa Clarita and Oakland, Calif.; designs and develops a wide variety of leading-edge defense electronics systems and board-level items including SBCs, DSP, graphics, high-speed data fabrics, I/O, memory, chassis and security sensor products.
The company specializes in the design and development of electronics systems, turnkey power control, security networks and distribution subsystems with emphasis on manufacturing engineering, configuration and obsolescence management for military programs.
Applications for its products range from mission processors, fire control and power distribution subsystems for ground vehicles, surface and subsurface naval platforms, and tactical and strategic fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, to low- and high-earth orbit space vehicles and security sensors for fixed asset platforms.
For more information, see www.vistacontrols.com or www.curtisswright.com.
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