Benzinga | Apr 7, 2021 07:37AM EDT

Curtiss-Wright Selected By Lockheed Martin Aeronautics To Provide First Open Architecture COTS Modules For Service Onboard F-22 Raptor Aircraft

Open architecture modules will support mission processing upgrades under the F-22 Tactical Mandates (TACMAN) program

Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE:CW) today announced that it was awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, a Lockheed Martin company, to provide its industry-leading rugged commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) processor module technology to upgrade the F-22 Raptor, the world's preeminent tactical fighter aircraft. The selection of Curtiss-Wright's COTS technology is in alignment with the United States Air Force's (USAF) Digital Trinity for e-systems: digital engineering; agile software development; and open architecture. The use of these U.S.-built open standards-based COTS processing modules and commercial best practices will deliver cost-effective new capabilities to the USAF sooner and more affordably. This open standards approach will also enable more economical and timely upgrades of the aircraft's avionics systems.