GASTONIA, N.C., 23 December 2004. Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc., has received firm-fixed-price contracts from the U.S. Army Tank, Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) in Rock Island, Ill.

The contract awards, with a combined value in excess of $9 million, are for the procurement, production, assembly, test and delivery of a variety of electrical components, including various quantities of circuit card assemblies and subsystems for several models of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. These items include power distribution, weapons and sight-selection controllers found on the Bradley A2, A2ODS and A3 variants.

"The TACOM awards are in keeping with a recently signed partnership agreement with the U.S. Army," said George J. Yohrling, president of Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc.

"We've been involved with the Bradley for years and we're proud the Army has chosen us to continue supporting this important program. Curtiss-Wright Controls takes our responsibility very seriously, especially during the critical periods ahead when the Army will be repairing, overhauling and 'resetting' its fighting machines after extended operations in Iraq."

More than 2,000 circuit card assemblies and line replaceable assemblies will be delivered between now and the end of 2005 to the TACOM, Rock Island facility from Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing manufacturing facility located in Littleton, Mass. This facility has manufactured subsystems for the Bradley Fighting Vehicles for over 15 years and has a particular strength in management of electronic obsolescence for this and other military programs.

Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC) is the industry's most comprehensive and experienced single source for embedded solutions, ranging from processing, subsystems, data communication, DSP, and video and graphics to the most advanced board level components and fully integrated custom systems. CWCEC group serves the defense, aerospace, commercial and industrial markets and is part of Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc. For more information, see www.cwcembedded.com.

Headquartered in Gastonia, N.C., Curtiss-Wright Controls is the motion control segment of Curtiss-Wright Corp. With manufacturing facilities around the world, Curtiss-Wright Controls is a leading technology-based organization providing niche motion control products, subsystems and services internationally for the aerospace and defense markets. For more information, see www.cwcontrols.com.