Curtiss-Wright develops Korean radar modules
Curtiss-Wright's Defense Solutions division has completed the development phase of a contract to supply its ruggedised commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) radar processing module for South Korea's next-generation radar.
The contract was awarded by LIG Nex1 to supply the OpenVPX module for use in the South Korean air force's long-range surveillance radar programme and army's next-generation local air defence radar. The radar processing module includes a single board computer, network switch, DSP, FPGA and FMC processing module products.
The OpenVPX open-architecture modules provide beam-forming and pulse compression processing for the radar's new signal processing system. Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions began the development phase in 2012.
Over the three-year phase, LIG Nex1 demonstrated beam-forming and pulse compression capabilities on the Curtiss-Wright CHAMP-FX3 FPGA board as well as radar signal processing algorithms on the Curtiss-Wright VPX6-1957 SBC and CHAMP-AV8 DSP modules. The VPX6-684 Gigabit Ethernet Network Switch module was also provided.
Lynn Bamford, senior vice president and general manager, Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions, said: 'Curtiss-Wright is very proud to have been selected by LIG Nex1 to provide our high performance FPGA-based radar processing modules for the Korean Air Force's next generation radar system.
'While Curtiss-Wright has been honoured by LIG Nex1 to provide our processing solutions for many previous Korean radar programmes, these important programmes are the first to leverage the unmatched FPGA performance of our latest generation of OpenVPX boards to provide critical radar signal processing functions.'
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