Foliage Software Systems and Curtiss-Wright Sign Collaboration Agreement to Provide Safety-Certifiable Solutions to Aerospace and Defense Markets
Dec 21, 2005 - Burlington, MA - Foliage Software Systems and Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing today announced a strategic alliance to combine their capabilities, services and products to supply comprehensive safety-certifiable hardware, software, training and consulting solutions to the Military and Aerospace markets.
Encompassing a full range of product offerings, including hardware, low-level software, application software and certification process training and consulting, this new partnership of highly experienced providers will ensure that customer requirements for safety-certifiable hardware and embedded software are satisfied.
The alliance with Foliage augments Curtiss-Wright’s proven capabilities in supplying Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) and custom-engineered embedded computing hardware and enclosures to Military and Aerospace customers.
Ron Rubbico, CEO of Foliage noted that “we have been producing DO-178B certifiable software for over 15 years. This partnership with Curtiss-Wright lets us offer a fuller portfolio of capabilities, providing a cost-effective, single solution to our customers. In the end, a tightly coupled certifiable hardware/software solution will assure our customers a compelling competitive advantage in getting their products to market quickly.”
“By combining Foliage’s extensive DO-178B software development, training, and consulting offerings with Curtiss-Wright’s existing safety-critical product development capabilities, we have created a well-rounded, low-cost, and low-risk option for our Mil/Aero customers,” explained Tom Quinly, President of Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing.
In addition to their widely recognized technical development capabilities, both organizations will combine their industry-leading program management, configuration management, and quality assurance expertise to create an alliance unparalleled in the industry.
About Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is the industry’s most comprehensive and experienced single source for embedded solutions, ranging from Processing, Subsystems, Data Communication, DSP, and Video & Graphics to the most advanced board level components and fully integrated custom systems. The Embedded Computing group serves the defense, aerospace, commercial, and industrial markets and is part of Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc. For more information about Curtiss-Wright, visit www.cwcembedded.com.
About Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc.
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Curtiss-Wright Controls is the motion control segment of Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW). 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 defense markets. For more information, visit www.cwcontrols.com.
About Foliage:
Foliage, the driving force behind many of today's life- and mission-critical products, provides clients with the business sense, industry insight and technology expertise needed to bring the right products to market faster. Since 1991, Foliage has provided clients with vital insight into the product development process, facilitating better-informed business decisions across the organization. Foliage enables its clients in the aerospace, financial, industrial equipment, medical and semiconductor industries to capture market share and maximize profitability. A privately held company, Foliage is located in Burlington, Massachusetts.
