Modular Open Systems Approaches (MOSA)
Curtiss-Wright’s modular open-systems approach (MOSA) uses industry-standard technologies and a scalable approach to subsystem and module design that delivers rapid innovation, increased vendor choice, application portability, and greater interoperability. A modular open systems approach establishes common mechanical, electrical, protocol, and interface requirements defined by the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) technical standard, Common/C4ISR/EW Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS), Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE), Vehicular Integration for C4ISR/EW Interoperability (VICTORY) and numerous other interoperability standards for aerospace and defense applications.
When system engineers leverage building blocks built to MOSA requirements, they access a greater ecosystem of products and IP to simplify their integration, test, and qualification - while reducing program cost and risk.
Continuous Innovation and Long-Term Reliability
Advance any program or platform with technology innovations that address the most urgent and demanding warfighter requirements in the air, on the ground, and at sea. Explore our technology innovations designed and packaged to:
- Meet rugged environmental and usage requirements
- Ensure safe operation
- Eliminate vulnerabilities to adversarial access or attack
- Provide reliable, error-free operation throughout its useful life
- Be readily available over an extended lifespan
End-to-end Services and Support to Meet any Requirement
Choose a trusted partner that provides the expert engineering skills, training, services, and support capabilities needed to ensure the success and longevity of even the most complex and challenging defense and aerospace programs. Curtiss-Wright's capabilities and services include:
- Data acquisition system training & services
- Electromechanical system design & services
- Modified COTS
- Datalink test & training
- Professional embedded computing services
- Program management
- Systems capabilities
- Total lifecycle management
Advance Any Program or Platform with Innovative Technology
Gain comprehensive protection to cybersecurity and physical protections in design, testing, supply chain, and manufacturing.
Delivering ruggedized cards and system solutions with trusted and proven reliability that cannot be matched in the industry.
Take advantage of 100 Gb Ethernet connectivity, faster processor speeds, and reduced latency technology.
Reduce development time and program cost with DAL A-D safety-certifiable COTS hardware and certified flight recorders.
Miniaturize and consolidate computing, networking, storage, and data link technologies into efficient, affordable solutions.
Achieve supercomputing processing performance in rugged, deployable system architectures.
Apply commercial technology in demanding power, size, performance, and program life cycle of aerospace and defense.
Highly Engineered Solutions
Defense Solutions Product Guide
Aerospace and Defense Applications
With more than 20 years of experience in providing rugged computing and avionics solutions for the aerospace and defense industries, Curtiss-Wright has developed system solutions currently deployed in military and commercial rotorcraft, manned fixed-wing, unmanned, ground, naval and space systems. Explore some of the applications where you can find Curtiss-Wright products.
Explore Open Standards
An acquisition and design strategy that prioritizes the use of open standards-based technology.
Enables hardware and software commonality between platforms and command posts.
Defines common hardware and software for sensor processing systems.
Promotes the use of open standard physical and logical interfaces between LRU systems.
Developed to offer new capabilities including reducing SWaP as well as interoperability functions.
Mandates the use of open, modular, and scalable architectures in the design of new and upgraded ground vehicles.
Ensures accurate positioning, navigation, and timing information is delivered in GPS/GNSS-denied environments.
Aims to standardize approaches to bring open standards solutions to avionics systems.
Deliver robust, high-speed performance for data-intensive, high bandwidth applications.
Brings switched fabric technology to the mezzanine card form factor.
Delivers high bandwidth, low latency I/O directly to an FPGA card.
Defines the requirements for 3U VPX General Purpose Processor modules
Upgrade legacy VME bus systems with tech refreshes to improve performance.
