Curtiss-Wright has been awarded a five-year, US$34 million contract by the US Naval Surface Warfare Center to provide Modular Open Systems Approach based airborne data recorder technology for use on US and Australian manned and unmanned maritime aircraft.
Under the agreement, Curtiss-Wright will provide and service Keyed Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Airborne Recorder (K-BAR) Network Attached Storage (NAS) solutions including chassis, docking stations, removable storage modules and lab cable sets.
Lynn M. Bamford, chair and CEO of Curtiss-Wright Corporation said, “We are pleased to have been selected by the Naval Surface Warfare Center to provide our rugged airborne network attached storage technology and support services for Naval manned and unmanned aircraft programs.
“This award reflects our commitment to provide the most advanced and reliable open architecture data storage systems in support of our warfighters.”
As a leading supplier of Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) encrypted, solid-state network-attached storage subsystems, Curtiss-Wright is providing the NSWC with commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) open architecture K-BAR NAS equipment supporting MQ-4C Triton and future PMA-290 aircraft. The sole source contract provides training and engineering services support to the K-BAR equipment.
Curtiss-Wright is performing the work within its Defense Solutions division in the Defense Electronics segment.
