Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions (CWC Defense Solutions), a division of the historic Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW), stands as a premier global supplier of highly engineered, rugged electronic systems and components vital to mission success in the most demanding aerospace, defense, and industrial environments.

Core Expertise: The division excels in designing, manufacturing, and integrating ruggedized commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and modified COTS (MCOTS) solutions. Their core strengths lie in:

1. Flight Test Instrumentation (FTI): Providing comprehensive airborne data acquisition, recording, telemetry, and networking systems essential for aircraft and weapons development, testing, and certification.

2. Avionics & Vehicle Subsystems: Delivering mission computers, displays, data recorders, networking switches, and power management systems engineered for extreme reliability in fixed-wing, rotary-wing, ground vehicle, and naval applications.

3. Rugged Data Handling & Recording: Specializing in secure, high-capacity data recorders (including crash-protected units) and high-speed network data switches critical for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), and platform health monitoring.

Market Focus & Differentiation: CWC Defense Solutions primarily serves major defense prime contractors, government agencies (like DoD, NASA), and commercial aerospace OEMs worldwide. Their key differentiators include:

• Proven Ruggedization: Decades of experience hardening electronics to withstand extreme shock, vibration, temperature, and EMI encountered in military and aerospace operations.

• Certifications & Standards: Adherence to stringent military (MIL-STD) and aerospace (DO-178, DO-254, DO-160) standards, holding AS9100 certification for quality management.

• Systems Integration: Capability to provide integrated subsystems, reducing risk and complexity for customers.

• Long-Term Support: Commitment to long product lifecycles and comprehensive support throughout the system's operational life.

Strategic Value: As part of Curtiss-Wright's larger Controls segment, CWC Defense Solutions leverages corporate resources while focusing intensely on the unique needs of the defense sector. They are a trusted partner, enabling customers to deploy advanced, reliable technology where failure is not an option – in the air, on land, and at sea. Their engineered solutions are fundamental to platform performance, safety, and data integrity across critical defense programs globally.