Curtiss-Wright Corporation has proudly announced its successful bid for a five-year, $34 million firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center. This contract is aimed at delivering state-of-the-art Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) based airborne data recorder technology to be utilized on both U.S. and Australian manned and unmanned maritime aircraft.

Under the terms of this agreement, Curtiss-Wright will be responsible for supplying and maintaining the Keyed Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Airborne Recorder (K-BAR) Network Attached Storage (NAS) solutions. This comprehensive offering includes chassis, docking stations, removable storage modules, and lab cable sets.

Lynn M. Bamford, Chair and CEO of Curtiss-Wright Corporation, expressed their delight at being chosen by the Naval Surface Warfare Center to provide their rugged airborne network attached storage technology and support services for Naval manned and unmanned aircraft programs. Bamford highlighted that this contract is a testament to their commitment to delivering advanced and dependable open architecture data storage systems to support the needs of the armed forces.

Curtiss-Wright is recognized as a leading supplier of MOSA-based encrypted, solid-state network-attached storage subsystems. In this capacity, they will supply the NSWC with commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) open architecture K-BAR NAS equipment that will support both MQ-4C Triton and future PMA-290 aircraft. Notably, this sole source contract encompasses training and engineering services support for the K-BAR equipment.

All work related to this contract will be executed within Curtiss-Wright's Defense Solutions division, which operates within the Defense Electronics segment. For additional information about Curtiss-Wright's Defense Solutions storage and recording products, interested parties are encouraged to visit their official channels.

Source:businesswire.com