OTTAWA, ONTARIO – March 30, 2010 — Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, OpenVPX™, and CompactPCI® products for the rugged deployed aerospace and defense (A&D) market, has announced the availability of the new VPX3-685 Secure FireBlade, a fully-featured Layer2/3 managed Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) router that features a highly integrated security sub-system. The VPX3-685, is a rugged OpenVPX®-compliant 3U VPX card. It speeds and simplifies the integration of secure GbE switching and routing into embedded systems designed for harsh environment military applications. Targetting highly secure IPv4/v6 Intra-Platform Networks (IPNs), the VPX3-685 is designed to prevent unauthorized access to critical information for applications deployed in air, land, and sea vehicles. It can be used to secure a data storage network, or protect mission critical applications from hostile attacks in the forms of viruses, IP Spoofing, Denial of Service (DoS), and Trojan Horses.
“Our VPX3-685 Secure FireBlade Ethernet switch card delivers an unprecedented level of performance and security to enable secure network-centric connectivity,” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager of Modular Solutions, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “This advanced board addresses our customers’ growing need for secure network communications where Information Assurance is critical”.
The VPX3-685 provides unmatched perimeter defense for critical data at the edge of the network battlefield. The board incorporates Enhanced Security Software and a high-performance hardware-based security engine. Comprising a single card Unified Threat Management (UTM) system, the board’s advanced security and network features include:
- Support for VLANs and VPN (IPSec/PPTP/L2TP) to protect dedicated networks
- An ICSA certified statefull firewall to protect against multiple evasive attacks
- Network Address Translation (NAT) routing for IPv4 masquerading
- Port and protocol-based Access Control Lists (ACL) to prevent unauthorized access
- Broadcast Storm Control to protect against network disruption due to packet flooding
- IPv6 with IPSec tunneling for secure communications channels
- Advanced standards-based cryptographic functions (encryption, decryption, and authentication).
The VPX3-685 can be configured with up to 16 GbE interfaces. It also provides up to four (4) 10GbE ports (2 front, 2 rear) to support switch-to-switch expansion, dual-redundant networks (fail-over), or for architecting high-performance 10Gb/s network backbones. Embedded backplane routing is supported with standard Base-T GbE and 10GbE XAUI interfaces. To reduce power requirements, any unused GbE ports can be disabled. A Rear Transition Module (RTM) that provides separate connections for all interfaces is also available for use in lab and development environments.
VPX3-685 Key Features:
- 3U VPX Form Factor, complies with OpenVPX™ / VITA-65 standards
- High Performance Layer 2/3+ switching/routing features
- Fully Managed or Unmanaged
- Flexible port configurations to rear VPX and front, including:
- 16x 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet ports to rear
- Fully 802.3 compliant
- Auto-negotiating with MDI/MDX crossover
- 2x 10GbE uplink ports to rear VPX
- 2x 10GbE uplink ports on front panel
- Wire-speed non-blocking IPv4/v6 support
- Extensive IETF RFC feature support, including:
- Switching, VLANs, Routing, Multicasting, Tunneling
- Port Mirroring, Flow Control, QoS and Traffic Shaping using CoS
- SSH, SSL
- Enhanced Security Processor with extensive secure software support
- Statefull Firewall (ICSA certified)
- Network Address Translation (NAT)
- Access Control List (ACL) filtering
- Encryption/Decryption/Authentication
- VPN with secure tunneling support (IPSec/I2TP)
- Intrusion detection and content filtering
- Declassification for secure memory erase
- Flexible Management Features
- In-band Ethernet management support
- Dedicated out-of-band 10/100Base-TX software maintenance port
- Serial RS-232 port for out of band management
- Command Line CLI, Web/HTTP, and SNMP Interface with full MIB support
- Fast boot configurations
- Air-cooled and Conduction-cooled versions
- VITA 48.2, 0.8″ pitch in all ruggedization levels (L0, L100, L200)
- VITA 48 – 2 Level Maintenance (2LM) support (0.85″ pitch)
The VPX3-685 Secure FireBlade is the newest addition to Curtiss-Wright Controls’ broad family of board and stand-alone switch/router products, including the VPX3-683 and VPX6-684 FireBlades, the 6U SVME/DMV-680 and SVME/DMV-682, the 3U CompactPCI 681 and the SwitchBox I and SwitchBox II fully integrated switch/router subsystem. The board complements Curtiss-Wright Controls’ extensive range of Single Board Computers, Digital Signal Processors, Graphics and Communications and IO products.
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; email: 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 and aerospace 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, N.C., 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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