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Curtiss-Wright

Active CW Public HQ: Davidson, North Carolina Founded 1929

Publicly traded (NYSE: CW) defense and industrial technology company with roots dating to 1929 (founded by aviation pioneers Glenn Curtiss and the Wright brothers). Three business segments: Defense Electronics (ruggedized computing, data recording), Naval & Power (nuclear propulsion components, valves, pumps), and Aerospace & Industrial (sensors, actuators, flight test equipment). Space-relevant products include radiation-hardened electronics, space-rated actuators and valves for satellite mechanisms, and nuclear thermal propulsion components for NASA/DARPA programs. A Tier 2 defense supplier whose components are embedded across multiple satellite and launch vehicle programs. Nuclear propulsion expertise positions them for future nuclear space propulsion programs (DRACO and beyond).

50.3

ARI Composite

Moderate Risk

#38 of 40

Peer Rank

Defense cohort

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Total Launches

No flights tracked

Market cap

NYSE

FINANCIAL HEALTH

50.3

ARI composite · Moderate Risk

Peer rank#38 of 40

Peer groupDefense

Data coverage45%

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SECTOR POSITION

Rank within sector#38 of 40

Tracked peers40

REGISTRY DATA

Legal nameCurtiss-Wright Corporation

Ticker / ExchangeCW (NYSE)

OwnershipPublic

HeadquartersDavidson, North Carolina

CountryUS

Founded1929

FounderGlenn Curtiss, the Wright brothers

CEOLynn M. Bamford

AliasesCurtiss-Wright, CURTISS-WRIGHT, CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION, Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Curtiss Wright, CURTISS WRIGHT

Key programsNaval nuclear propulsion, Defense electronics modules, Space-rated actuators and valves, Nuclear fuel handling equipment, Weapons handling systems

Gov customersDoD, Navy, DOE, NASA

IPO statusPublic

Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage →

METHODOLOGY

Launch history and subsystem outcomes aggregate from AstraVeris's launch_events table with Wilson 95% lower bounds on success rates. ARI scores come from the 11-factor composite (/finance/methodology/). Constellation counts derive from the live CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog. Gov contracts from USAspending.gov awards; private deals from deduplicated pipeline deal extraction. Absence of a row means "not tracked" — we never fabricate. See /methodology/ for the full data model and /data-licensing/ for licensing terms.

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