Curtiss-Wright Controls, Engineered Systems - Marine Defense (CWCES-MD) combines a high level of engineering and manufacturing capability with expertise in the management of large and complex defence programs to produce unmatched solutions to the world’s navies.
Since incorporation in 1951 under the name Dominion Aluminum Fabricating Ltd., the company has developed its engineering design and manufacturing capabilities and today is heavily involved in systems integration and testing. This blend of engineering design and manufacturing has enabled the company to become a world leader in the design and development of shipborne helicopter handling systems and other sophisticated systems for international navies and commercial aviation industries. In November of 1989, Indal Technologies Inc. (ITI) acquired Fathom Oceanology Limited, to further strengthen and enhance its overall capabilities in sonar handling systems.
In March 2005, ITI was acquired by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The company now operates as a business unit of the Engineered Systems group of Curtiss-Wright Controls (CWC), based in Charlotte, NC. CWC is organized around three primary groups: Embedded Computing, Integrated Sensing and Engineered Systems. The company now forms the cornerstone of the new Marine Defense Systems organization within the Engineered Systems group. Products designed, produced and supported meet the many industry and customer standards in equipment specifications, manufacturing practices, quality assurance procedures, program management and control systems.
Curtiss-Wright Controls, Engineered Systems - Marine Defense employs a staff of professional engineers specializing in hydraulics, hydrodynamics, hydroacoustics, electrics, electro-optics, electronic, mechanical design, reliability, maintainability, safety, software and systems engineering to enhance the company's product offerings and to accommodate customer requests for custom design. Trained technicians proficient in a variety of related fields and assisted by state-of-the-art computer aided engineering systems support these professionals. In support of the main helicopter handling market, the company has developed computer simulation programs for evaluating launch and recovery procedures of handling systems in various sea states and for conducting analysis of helicopter securing and landing gear loads. These analyses are proving invaluable to navies in the selection and evaluation of systems tailored to their particular needs. The proprietary photogrammetric position sensing system used in helicopter recovery has been integrated into a system for automating the movement of aircraft passenger bridges at busy airports. CWCES-MD employs approximately 200 people at its facility in southern Ontario, with more than 195,000 sq. ft. (18,000 sq.m.) of engineering, manufacturing and office space. This location allows quick transportation access to both national and international markets.
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Curtiss-Wright Controls is the motion control segment of Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW, CW.B). With manufacturing facilities around the world, Curtiss-Wright Controls is a leading technology-based organization providing niche motion control products, subsystems and services internationally for the aerospace and defence markets.