LEESBURG, VA – September 15, 2006 — Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading manufacturer of optical switching solutions, today announced a partnership with Opticomm Corporation, a leading manufacturer of professional video, audio and data fiber optic communication systems.
The partnership will enable the integration of Curtiss-Wright technology with Opticomm optical transport systems for use in professional video and broadcast applications. The integration of the companies’ respective technologies will address video switching requirements worldwide with revolutionary and highly efficient solutions.
Curtiss-Wright Controls has developed similar switching system solutions which have been successfully sold in the Fibre Channel Interoperability and Mil/Aero test markets for years. It is this proven technology that forms the basis of the Optilinx™ OLX-1000 and OLX-3000 series of optical switches that are now available to the broadcast and professional video markets as a result of this partnership.
Opticomm’s Optiva™ communication platform enables the optical conversion of various video, audio, and data protocols at broadcast quality standards. Optiva™ utilizes electronic time division multiplexing techniques on a multi-protocol level to ensure the maximization of bandwidth available for transmission per optical wavelength, at unprecedented levels.
“The strategic integration of our respective technologies delivers an effective combination for addressing the vast optical switching requirements of the video industry,” said Gorky Chin, Vice President and General Manager for Curtiss-Wright Embedded Computing, Data Communications division.
The optical switching technology offered by Curtiss-Wright Controls enables the switching, routing, and multicasting of any wavelengths (standard 850, 1310 and 1550, as well as CWDM and DWDM) with complete optical transparency. The combination of Opticomm’s multiplexing techniques and Curtiss-Wright’s optical switching technologies ensures a highly effective communication and control platform for virtually any video, audio or data application, while optimizing system bandwidth allocation and minimizing optical fiber count.
“Our partnership with Curtiss-Wright offers the video community a new era of possibilities for more efficient and advanced system networking solutions. We are excited to be a part of this technological advancement,” notes Allon Caidar, Vice President of Business Development for Opticomm.
About Opticomm
Opticomm is a leading manufacturer of a wide range of advanced fiber optic communication systems for applications including SDI/DVB/HD-SDI Broadcast/Studio Transmission, Professional Video and Audio Display/Signage, Security and Surveillance, Traffic/Transportation Monitoring/Analyses, RGB Video Hi-Res/VGA/DVI Graphic Workstations, Local Area Networks, and Video/Audio/Data Conferencing. Opticomm’s serves the broadcast/media, defense, transport/rail, commercial, institutional and industrial markets. Opticomm is a privately held company headquartered in San Diego , California . For more information about Opticomm, visit www.opticomm.com.
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 Controls Embedded Computing 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.
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