Antenna and RF | Airborne receivers & transmitters

Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions

High-performance, dependable, economical Radio Frequency solutions

Curtiss-Wright radio frequency and wireless systems are high-performance, dependable, economical solutions for many flight and remote ground based applications requiring accurate transmission of telemetry, digital, wideband and video data. We provide flight termination receivers, airborne telemetry receivers, radar transponders, telemetry transmitters and smart antenna. These work seamlessly with our ground station product line. These products provide the best value to the customer by including features not found in similar industry products while providing on-time delivery.

We design our RF products with ease of use as a primary goal. The airborne telemetry products can be easily programmed and implement highly-efficient and stable Advanced Range Telemetry Modulation (ARTM) demodulation. To ensure quality and customer satisfaction, our state-of-the-art facility provides an in-house RF design laboratory, a fully-capable screen room and an EMI test capability. Other product highlights include:

Flight safety products development effort is closely tied to the RCC range safety community
Powerful active bidirectional antenna for air and ground for L, S and C-Band applications
Re‐radiation systems for stealth applications
IP‐transceivers
Flight termination receivers with programmable digital tone decoder

Product Name	Description	Dimensions (W x H x L)	Features
FTR-200 Miniature Flight Termination Receiver and Tone Decoder	Flight termination receiver	2.2 x 0.5 x 3.3“, 56 x 13 x 84 mm	Programmable 3 or 4 tone decoder.
TRS-1600 Airborne Multimode Receiver	Airborne multimode receiver	3.3 x 1.0 x 5.0”, 84 x 25 x 127 mm	S-Band, PCM/FM & SOQPSK
XPDR-520 Radar Enhancing C-Band Transponder	Radar Enhancing C-Band Transponder	51 x 76 x 20 mm, 2 x 3 x 0.8”, 51 x 76 x 20 mm	Low power draw (20 watts of pulsed RF output with typical power consumption of 5 watts), 20 Watts
XPDR-2150 Radar Enhancing C-Band Transponder	Radar Enhancing C-Band Transponder	2.86 x 3.5 x 1.40”, 73 x 89 x 36 mm	Low power draw (50 watts of pulsed RF output with typical power consumption of 5 watts), 50 Watts
XPDR-2400 Radar Enhancing C-Band Transponder	Radar Enhancing C-Band Transponder	4 x 5 x 1.8”, 102 x 127 x 46 mm	400 Watts, Low power draw (400 watts of pulsed RF output with typical power consumption of 28 watts)
TTS-1000 1.3 Cubic Inch Telemetry Transmitter - 0.5, 1 or 2 Watts	Miniature telemetry transmitter	1.25 x 3.4 x 0.3”, 32 x 86 x 8 mm	0.5, 1, or 2 Watt power output, Frequency selectable, L & S bands
TTS-3000 3.3 Cubic Inch Telemetry Transmitter - 2 or 5 Watts	Miniature telemetry transmitter	2 x 3 x 0.66”, 51 x 76 x 17 mm	2 or 5 Watt power output, Frequency selectable, L & S bands
TTS-5500 High Efficiency Airborne Multimode Transmitter	High efficiency multimode transmitter	2.0 x 3.0 x 0.8”, 51 x 76 x 20 mm, 51 x 76 x 20 mm	L & S bands, Multi-H CPM, PCM/FM & SOQPSK
TTS-6500 Airborne Multimode Transmitter, High Efficiency	High efficiency airborne multimode transmitter	2.0 x 3.0 x 1.0", 50 x 76 x 25 mm	L & S bands, Frequency selectable, Multi-H CPM, PCM/FM & SOQPSK
TTS-9000 8.75 Cubic Inch Telemetry Transmitter - 2, 5, 10 or 20 Watts	Miniature telemetry transmitter	2.5 x 3.5 x 1”, 64 x 89 x 25 mm	2, 5, 10, or 20 Watt power output, Frequency selectable, L & S bands
TTS-9600 Airborne Multimode Transmitter, High Efficiency, C-Band	High efficiency airborne multimode transmitter	2.5 x 3.5 x 1.0”, 64 x 89 x 25 mm	PCM/FM & SOQPSK, Multi-H CPM, C Band
TTS-9670 Airborne Multimode Transmitter, High Efficiency, C-Band	High efficiency airborne multimode transmitter	2.5 x 3.5 x 1.0”, 64 x 89 x 25 mm	PCM/FM & SOQPSK, Multi-H CPM, C Band
TTS-9689-2 Airborne Dual Band Multimode Transmitter, High Efficiency	High efficiency airborne multimode transmitter	64 x 89 x 33 mm, 2.5" x 4.5" x 1.3"	Multi-H CPM, L & C Band, PCM/FM & SOQPSK
BSSA-4453-1 C-Band Beam Switching Stub Antenna (BSSA)	C-Band Beam Switching Stub Antenna	3.5 x 3.2 x 6”, 89 x 81 x 152 mm	Active beam switching, iNET compatible, C Band
TAS-311 Tracking Antenna System (TAS), For S-Band Ground Receive Application	Portable Ground Based Tracking Antenna	22 x 24 x 22”, 559 x 610 x 559 mm	S-Band, SOQPSK TM data demodulation up to 20 Mbps, Autonomous and manual tracking, PCM/FM
RTAS-2000 Telemetry Re-Radiation System	Telemetry Re-Radiation System	356 x 76 x 279 mm, 14 x 3 x11”	UHF Uplink, L & S & C bands downlinks, Four RF channels, Multimode modulator/demodulator, PCM/FM & SOQPSK
RTAS-3000-1 Telemetry Re-Radiation System – C Band	Telemetry Re-Radiation System	356 x 76 x 279 mm, 14 x 3 x11”	UHF Uplink, L & S & C bands downlinks, Four RF channels, Multimode modulator/demodulator, PCM/FM & SOQPSK