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Curtiss-Wright Launches New Initiative To Support Army C4ISR/EW Open Suite Of Standards

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, January 24th, 2018

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Defense manufacturer Curtiss-Wright [CW] is launching a new initiative to support Army Materiel Command’s new C4ISR and electronic warfare modular system standards program, the company said at a conference Jan. 22.Curtiss-Wright’s defense solutions division will work with the Army’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) to define C4ISR/EW Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) requirements needed for future acquisitions.“In support of CMOSS, Curtiss-Wright is working with CERDEC to define and mature the CMOSS standards by developing reference implementations within the converged…

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