Curtiss-Wright Corporation has received firm-fixed-price contracts with a value of approximately $9 million from the United States Army Tank, Automotive, and Armaments Command (TACOM) in Rock Island, Illinois. The contract awards are for the procurement of a variety of electrical components, including various quantities of circuit card assemblies and subsystems for several models of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. The products include power distribution, weapons and sight-selection controllers on the Bradley A2, A2ODS, and A3 variants.
"We are proud the U.S. Army has chosen us to continue supporting this important program," says Martin R. Benante, chairman and CEO of Curtiss-Wright. "Curtiss-Wright has been associated with the Bradley program for many years, and we are very pleased to have the opportunity to provide upgrades on such an important military platform, especially during these critical periods when the Army will be repairing, overhauling, and ‘resetting’ its fighting machines after extended operations in Iraq."
Curtiss-Wright, through its Motion Control segment, will provide over 2,000 circuit card assemblies and line replaceable assemblies, beginning in December 2004 continuing through the end of 2005, from its manufacturing facility located in Littleton, Massachusetts. This facility has manufactured subsystems for the Bradley Fighting Vehicles for over 15 years and has a unique strength in management of electronic obsolescence for numerous military programs.
Headquartered in Gastonia, North Carolina, Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc., 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, embedded computers, subsystems and services internationally.
In addition, the company announced that it has received a new contract from Lockheed Martin to supply actuation equipment for the lead edge flap and weapons bay door systems for the F/A-22 Raptor Aircraft. The contract has a potential value of $32.6 million over a three-year-period at current projected aircraft production levels.
Curtiss-Wright’s actuation equipment is used to control the leading edge of the wing surface of the aircraft which assists in the aerodynamics of the aircraft and controls the aircraft’s weapon bay doors when releasing munitions.
"We are very pleased that Lockheed has chosen us for this important defense contract and continues to instill their confidence in Curtiss-Wright as a premier supplier," says Benante. "The F/A-22 program is a primary United States Air Force program and we look forward to the continued success of this revolutionary aircraft."
Curtiss-Wright’s Motion Control segment will manufacture the components at its Shelby, North Carolina, facility. Development work has begun on the program and product shipments will continue through 2007. The F/A-22 was developed to counter the increased sophistication and threat of hostile air forces and integrated air systems in use around the world. The F/A-22 has unprecedented fighter and attack capabilities with its balanced design of stealth, supercruise speed, and extreme agility, along with advanced integrated avionics and a pilot-friendly cockpit.
Formed in 1929, Curtiss-Wright Corporation is the legacy company of Glenn Curtiss and the Wright brothers’ pioneering achievements, which gave birth to the aviation industry. Today, Curtiss-Wright continues to focus on innovation as a diversified, global provider of highly engineered, technologically advanced products and services for military, commercial, and industrial applications. The company designs, manufactures, and overhauls products for motion control and flow control applications, and provides metal treatment services. Headquartered in Roseland, New Jersey, Curtiss-Wright employs approximately 5,500 people worldwide.
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