LAINDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Sep 28, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC), a business
group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and
manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, and OpenVPX(TM)
products for the rugged deployed aerospace and defense market, has
announced the availability of its new enhanced family of Skyquest(TM)
rugged displays for use on airborne platforms. The new family of Dual
LED Backlit Skyquest Displays, available in configurations from 10.4″
to 20″, provides a unique way of delivering Night Vision Goggle (NVG)
filtering, and features LED illumination with wider color range, less
heat dissipation and less light performance degradation than
experienced with older cold cathode tube displays.
Traditional NVG filtering is achieved by fitting a filter to the full
display area, which dims the image and adds an undesirable green tint
that is visible in both daytime and nighttime operations. With
CWCEC’s Dual LED Backlit Skyquest Displays, this filter is removed
from the front of the screen. Instead, the filtering occurs in the
backlight located behind the LCD. A simple toggle switch enables the
selection of either white daylight LEDs or green NVG-filtered LEDs
integrated in the backlight within the display, providing complete
control over the type of light emitted from the screen. The result is
a very high brightness, full color image readable in direct sunlight
during daytime operations, and a fully filtered display ideal for NVG
operations.
“Our new Dual LED backlit Skyquest displays provide a high
performance upgrade to older cathode tube technology and a truly
unique way of achieving Night Vision Goggle compatibility,” said Lynn
Bamford, vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright
Controls Embedded Computing. “We are introducing new LED displays
across our product range, that can be used by system integrators as
standalone displays or as part of an intelligent, centralized
Skyquest multi-display video management system.”
The new LED displays provide a number of significant advantages over
older cathode tube technology. Because they use solid state devices
instead of glass tubes, the LED displays are much more rugged as
issues associated with the mounting of glass tubes and shock breakage
are eliminated. LED displays, which offer highly precise brightness
control, enable the system integrator to create different lighting
regimes for different application areas.
About Skyquest(TM) VMS systems
The Skyquest VMS surveillance system
uniquely delivers video switching, recording, and display
capabilities. It provides extensive, flexible video management
capability including touch screen control, multiple video sources on
any display, and direct control of recorders all from any of the
on-board rugged video displays. The Skyquest VMS is currently fielded
with leading law enforcement and military customers throughout the
world, including UK Ministry of Defense (MOD), most UK law
enforcement operators, and the U.S. Army Air National Guard.
For pricing please contact the factory. Availability is Q2 2011.
Click here for more information on the Skyquest(TM) family of rugged
displays.
Editorial inquiries: regarding Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded
Computing products or services, contact John Wranovics, public
relations director, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, Tel:
(925) 640-6402; email: jwranovics@curtisswright.com.
Inquiries: Please forward all Sales and reader service inquiries to
Jerri-Lynne Charbonneau, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing,
Tel: (613) 254-5112; Fax: (613) 599-7777; e-mail:
sales@cwcembedded.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 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. 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.bgocled.com