Curtiss-Wright Space

Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions provides radiation-tolerant electronics and data acquisition systems for the most demanding space applications, delivering mission-critical hardware for launch vehicles, re-entry vehicles, and satellites. The company's innovative technology enables spacecraft designers to leverage commercial off-the-shelf components in radiation-intensive environments without the typically high costs of fully radiation-hardened systems.

Curtiss-Wright's breakthrough Smart Backplane technology provides an intelligent multi-slot backplane protecting critical data acquisition electronics with unique radiation-tolerant architecture. When potential Single Event Latchup (SEL) is detected on any chassis module, the Smart Backplane resets only the affected module, typically restoring operation within seconds and eliminating potentially harmful effects of ionizing radiation while allowing continued system operation.

The company delivers MnACQ-2000 Miniature Network Data Acquisition Systems for NASA's Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System (SLS), with these systems hardened against the effects of space radiation. Curtiss-Wright's radiation-tolerant Smart Backplane technology supports the European Space Agency's Vega-C expendable launch rocket, demonstrating international adoption of their space-qualified solutions.

The highly rugged Smart Backplane is designed for mission-critical data handling applications requiring extreme reliability, providing Space COTS capabilities with radiation-hardened backplane and specialized protection circuitry. As the small satellite and mega-constellation markets drive demand for cost-effective radiation-resistant components, Curtiss-Wright enables designers to meet aggressive timelines and budgets while maintaining space-grade reliability. The company's flight test and space development instrumentation supports spacecraft development programs from prototype testing through operational deployment.