CHARLOTTE, N.C., 15 May 2008.Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc., a manufacturer of mission critical systems for defense and aerospace applications, announced an $8 million contract award by General Dynamics C4 Systems and Rockwell Collins Inc. to provide Curtiss-Wright General Processor Modules (GPM) for use in the Integrated Computer System (ICS) of the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program.
The Integrated Computer System combines a range of previously independent computing applications into a single, integrated, secure processing environment. ICS is a common computing environment for 13 of the 14 platforms in the FCS family of systems which comprises a network of sensors, unmanned aerial platforms, and manned and unmanned ground systems.
Under terms of the contract, Curtiss-Wright will supply the processing modules to General Dynamics and Rockwell Collins for integration into the ICS system. The initial order is for more than 1,000 modules with deliveries scheduled to begin during the second quarter of 2008.
General Dynamics and Rockwell Collins were jointly awarded a contract by The Boeing Company and Science Applications International Corporation to accelerate technology development of the Integrated Computing System in 2005. By March 2007, the team had designed, built, tested, and delivered the first ICS unit for use in an FCS mobile platform.
