When it comes to innovation in airborne technology, you could say it’s in our roots. From the Wright brothers’ first flight to today’s highly regulated military and commercial aircraft, Curtiss-Wright has decades of experience providing trusted, field-proven technology solutions.
Our broad selection of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) modules are designed to accelerate the development of your safety-certifiable systems while reducing your overall risk and project expenses. Available with DO-254 artifacts and supported by today’s leading DO-178 operating systems, Curtiss-Wright’s safety-certifiable COTS modules are ready to take flight.
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pre-qualified chassis
graphics and video MODULES
I/O Module
single board computers
full system solution
Integrate your choice of Curtiss-Wright’s DO-254 certifiable SBC, graphics, video, and I/O modules in a pre-qualified chassis for a perfectly tailored solution.
Select from best-of-breed AMD-based GPUs for graphics processing and video capture.
Support a variety of I/O interfaces, including MIL-STD-1553B and ARINC 429.
Choose from boards powered by Arm®, Intel®, and Power Architecture® processors to meet your performance and SWaP requirements.
The SPIRIT Hawk is a certifiable avionics processing system that can be delivered with DO-254 artifacts up to DAL A. Featuring the V3-152 SBC, V3-719 graphics and video capture module and V3-611 flexible I/O module, the SPIRIT Hawk system is ideal for a variety of applications, such as mission computers, Degraded Visual Environment (DVE) systems, display systems, and flight control computers.
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single board computers
Choose from boards powered by Arm, Intel, and Power Architecture processors to meet your performance and SWaP requirements.
graphics and videocards
Select from best-of-breed AMD-based GPUs for graphics processing and video capture.
I/O modules
Support a variety of I/O interfaces, including MIL-STD-1553B and ARINC 429.
pre-qualified chassis
Integrate your choice of Curtiss-Wright’s DO-254 certifiable SBC, graphics, video, and I/O modules in a pre-qualified chassis for a perfectly tailored solution.
full system solution
The SPIRIT Hawk is a certifiable avionics processing system that can be delivered with DO-254 artifacts up to DAL A. Featuring the V3-152 SBC, V3-719 graphics and video capture module and V3-611 flexible I/O module, the SPIRIT Hawk system is ideal for a variety of applications, such as mission computers, Degraded Visual Environment (DVE) systems, display systems, and flight control computers.
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White Paper:
Accelerate Time-To-Market with Safety-Certifiable Airborne Electronics Hardware
Read about:
- DO-254, DO-160, and VITA 47 standards
- The V Life Cycle for requirements, verification, and validation
- What to expect from DO-254 COTS hardware vendors
White Paper:
Understanding Your Safety-Certifiable COTS Options: A Closer Look at the Subsystem Level
Read about:
- Component selection for DO- 254 certifiable hardware
- What to look for at the module level
- Applications of COTS-based safety-certifiable systems
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White Paper: Why Dissimilar Redundant Architectures Are a Necessity for DAL A
Read about:
- Design Assurance Levels and Probability of Failure
- Strengthening redundancy with dissimilarity and complex voting
- Examples of highly redundant systems
White Paper: Is Arm® the Future for Airborne Platforms in Military and Aerospace?
Read about:
- Arm processors and DO-254 safety certification
- NXP Arm® cores
- Arm technology in automotive and aerospace applications
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White Paper:
Accelerate Time-To-Market with Safety-Certifiable Airborne Electronics Hardware
Read about:
- DO-254, DO-160, and VITA 47 standards
- The V Life Cycle for requirements, verification, and validation
- What to expect from DO-254 COTS hardware vendors
![](/defence/global_defence_technology_aug19/curtiss-wright_defense_solution/262885/CW_Interactive_4_GDT_Understanding_Safety_COTS.240_0_1.png)
White Paper:
Understanding Your Safety-Certifiable COTS Options: A Closer Look at the Subsystem Level
Read about:
- Component selection for DO- 254 certifiable hardware
- What to look for at the module level
- Applications of COTS-based safety-certifiable systems
![](/defence/global_defence_technology_aug19/curtiss-wright_defense_solution/262886/CW_Interactive_5_GDT_Why_Dissimilar_Dal_A.240_0_1.png)
White Paper:
Why Dissimilar Redundant Architectures Are a Necessity for DAL A
Read about:
- Design Assurance Levels and Probability of Failure
- Strengthening redundancy with dissimilarity and complex voting
- Examples of highly redundant systems
![](/defence/global_defence_technology_aug19/curtiss-wright_defense_solution/262887/CW_Interactive_6_GDT_Arm_Future_Airborne_Platforms.240_0_1.gif)
White Paper:
Is Arm® the Future for Airborne Platforms in Military and Aerospace?
Read about:
- Arm processors and DO-254 safety certification
- NXP Arm® cores
- Arm technology in automotive and aerospace applications