Curtiss-Wright DS, Inc.

Curtiss-Wright DS, Inc. (Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions), a for-profit manufacturer of ruggedized embedded computing products and mission-critical electronic components, operates as both a prime contractor (50% of recent awards) and subcontractor (50%) supplying hardware, processor cards, network switches, and lifecycle management services to Department of Defense agencies and prime contractors. The vendor is a subsidiary of Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc., headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, with Curtiss-Wright DS operations in Ashburn, Virginia. The company competes full-and-open across all recent awards with no set-aside designations, positioning itself as a specialized supplier serving defense platforms spanning naval, aerospace, ground, and space applications.

Curtiss-Wright DS's prime footprint centers on Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), and Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) — collectively accounting for 226 of 565 total awards, roughly 40% by count. By potential value, the top five customers represent 67% of combined dollars: NAWC (57 awards, $45.1 million), NAVSEA (101 awards, $26.3 million), broader Navy (10 awards, $3.2 million), NAVAIR (68 awards, $1.5 million), and Naval Supply Systems Command (15 awards, $1.2 million). The concentration signals Navy-centric business, with significant aircraft and weapons-system integration work. Electronic Computer Manufacturing (113 awards), Search and Detection Systems Manufacturing (88 awards), and Printed Circuit Assembly Manufacturing (57 awards) dominate the NAICS profile, reflecting the vendor's core hardware and component identity.

Recent prime examples include a $9.3 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract with the Electronic Systems Center (January 2024) for ground support systems for Royal Saudi Air Force; a $3.3 million definitive contract for Greece ground support systems (August 2023, Tewksbury, Massachusetts); a $1.7 million firm fixed-price purchase order from NAVSEA for VPX3-1260 hardware (August 2025); a $2.3 million delivery order from Naval Air Warfare Center for 175 units of SVME-183-18B8 single board computers under IDIQ N68335-23-D-0002 (September 2024); and a $934 thousand maintenance and technical support follow-on contract with the Electronic Systems Center under Cost Plus Fixed Fee terms (January 2025, Tewksbury). Curtiss-Wright DS also holds a $6 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with NAVSEA (August 15, 2023 through August 14, 2028) enabling DoD-wide procurement of ruggedized embedded computing products and services across VME and OpenVPX architectures, and an $8.8 million IDIQ with Naval Air Warfare Center (October 28, 2022 through September 30, 2024) for Secure Versa Module Eurocard single board computers supporting target processing and combat systems.

Activity has grown from 28 awards in 2022 to 108 in 2024 and 109 in 2025, with eight awards (combined potential value $13 million) reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months and therefore exposing the vendor to recompete risk. Obligated dollars ($190.2 million) significantly exceed combined potential value ($115.2 million), indicating mature contract execution and invoicing ahead of ceiling values on active vehicles.

In subcontractor roles, Curtiss-Wright DS supplies ruggedized embedded computing hardware, processor cards, and Ethernet switches to prime contractors anchoring major defense programs. Named prime relationships include General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (MQ-9 Reaper platform spares and avionics components, multiple FMS variants including Italy and Taiwan), Raytheon Company (PATRIOT missile systems, APY-10 radar systems, F-22 sensor enhancements, and foreign military sales including Poland, Romania, Kuwait, and Bahrain), Lockheed Martin Corporation (F-16 program Ethernet switches and single board computers for Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Morocco FMS; AN/TPQ-53 counterfire radar total lifecycle management for Romania), Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Integrated Battle Command System hardware production, LAIRCM AAQ-24 repairs, Litening targeting pods), Boeing Company (B-52 commercial engine replacement and radar modernization, Apache lot 12 production, KC-46 sustainment), and Sierra Nevada Company (Big Safari programs, advanced sensor CPU cards, DVEPS components). Additional sub work includes platforms spanning Naval submarine and surface warfare systems, electronic warfare systems, and intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance assets. The vendor's position as a subcontractor to tier-one primes reflects established design-in status on platforms with decades of lifecycle demand, anchoring recurring order flow.

Combined awarded history spans from February 1996 to May 2026 across 49 customer agencies, with recent activity dominated by firm fixed-price purchase orders and delivery orders under NAVSEA and NAWC vehicles. The top three parent vehicles (NAVSEA Indefinite Delivery Contract N6833517D0019 with 15 task orders valued at $8.3 million; NAVSEA IDC N0016417DJQ74 with 14 task orders at $2.4 million; and Army SPRBL115D0017 with 11 task orders) demonstrate sustained multi-year engagement across service branches and multiple customer commands within Navy, Air Force, and Army.