Curtiss-Wright Awarded $80M IDIQ Contract by USAF to Provide High-Speed Data Acquisition Technology

Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) today announced it has been awarded an approximately $80 million firm-fixed-price Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the United States Air Force (USAF) to provide its High-Speed Data Acquisition System (HSDAS) hardware and associated repair services. The contract covers Curtiss-Wright's full line of Flight Test Instrumentation (FTI) products and will support production platforms as well as future USAF development programs.

Under the agreement, Curtiss-Wright will provide its HSDAS aerospace instrumentation technology including High Speed Data Acquisition, Network, Recording, Gateway, RF, and Data Analysis Software (IADS®) products and services. The sole-source contract provides products, enhancements, upgrades, repair services, field service, and technical support to the HSDAS equipment and is scheduled to run through March 2030.

"We are proud to announce that Curtiss-Wright’s high-speed data acquisition technology and services have been selected by the U.S. Air Force to support vital flight test instrumentation programs,” said Lynn M. Bamford, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. “This IDIQ contract reflects the U.S. Air Force’s recognition of the ongoing reliability and performance of Curtiss-Wright’s flight test instrumentation technology, and our ability to speed and simplify system design and installation.” 

As one of the leading global suppliers of aerospace data acquisition solutions for FTI applications, Curtiss-Wright provides products and services that collect, collate, process, record, transmit via RF links, and analyze and display flight test data.