# Curtiss-Wright selected by ELV for Vega-C launcher telemetry system

Curtiss-Wright's Defense Solutions division was selected by ELV SpA to provide a COTS-based telemetry data system for the European Space Agency's new Vega-C launcher. The development contract runs from January 2017 to first launch in June 2019, valued at $5 million, with production phase estimated at over $10 million.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-02-08
- Where: Italy
- Value: $5.00M
- Status: announced
- Products: telemetry data system, radiation-tolerant COTS electronics
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md), [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Curtiss-Wright](https://endata.com/companies/1989.md) (supplier)
- [European Space Agency](https://endata.com/companies/19997.md) (customer)
- [ELV SpA](https://endata.com/companies/22056.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [defense-solutions.curtisswright.com](https://defense-solutions.curtisswright.com/media-center/news/cw-selected-by-elv-for-european-space-agency-vega-c-launcher), 2017-02-08: "We are very excited about being selected by ELV to provide our cost-effective Space COTS telemetry system for use on the Vega-C, especially as this is our first avionics design win on a European launcher."

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