Curtiss-Wright Encryption-Ready Rugged DTS1 COTS, and Data-at-Rest Embedded NAS

Curtiss-Wright Corporation‘s Defense Solutions division supplier of rugged storage and protection solutions, announced that its Data Transport System (DTS1) NAS device is an embeddedcommercial off-the-shelf (COTS) data-at-rest (DAR) storage solution to support two layers of full disk encryption (FDE) in a single device and MIL-STD-1275, (characteristics of 28V DC Electrical Systems in military vehicles), the US Department of Defense standard that defines protection vs. damaging high voltage spikes and long voltage surges from ground vehicle power supplies.

The DTS1 is an only Common Criteria certified NAS solution endorsed by the NSA and approved by NATO with 2 certified encryption layers and a MIL-STD-1275 compliant filter. It’s filter applies test conditions to the input of the vehicle’s 28V electrical power system to mitigate vs. high voltage spikes, long voltage surges, and ripples that can reduce performance and reliability. Compliance with MIL-STD-1275 ensures system integrators that the DTS1 can be used dependably in deployed land vehicle applications.

“Ground vehicles operating in harsh environments can deliver harmful ‘dirty power’ that can damage sensitive vetronics systems with power surges and spikes,” said Lynn Bamford, SVP and GM, defense and power. “We are happy to announce that our encryption-ready DTS1 is the first Common Criteria-certified NAS solution to support MIL-STD-1275 and protect vs. dirty power, optimizing system performance and reliability.“

DTS1 two layer encryption approach
The DTS1 incorporates 2 distinct layers of AES 256-bit encryption into one device, making protection of ‘Top Secret’ data more cost effective and low risk than traditional NSA type 1 device development. The hardware and software FDE layers have been individually evaluated and certified vs. two Common Criteria protection profiles: (1) collaborative Protection Profile for FDE Encryption Engine; (2) collaborative Protection Profile for FDE Authorization Acquisition.

About DTS1
The DTS1 NAS device, which weighs 3.77 lb. (1.71 kg) and measures 1.5×5.0x6.5″ (38.1x127x165.1mm), delivers up to 4TB of SSD with two layers of certified encryption. It supports PXE protocol so that network clients on a vehicle or aircraft can quickly boot from the encrypted files on the DTS1’s removable memory cartridge (RMC). This approach both facilitates software updates for network clients and reduces SWaP by eliminating the need for individual HDDs in each network client. The company offers two layers of encryption in two mounting options of the DTS1, the VS-DTS1SL-FD, which is designed for cockpit use with DZUS mounting panel, and the VSDTS1SL-F, which uses L-brackets to support very flexible mounting within space-constrained platforms.

The DTS1 enables any network-enabled device to retrieve stored data or save new captured data. Networked devices using heterogeneous OSs (Linux, VxWorks, Windows, etc.) that support industry standard NAS protocols (i.e., NFS, CIFS, FTP, or HTTP) can store data on and retrieve data from the DTS1. It also supports iSCSI protocol for block storage and PCAP protocol for Ethernet packet capture.

Common Criteria advantage
The DTS1 has been evaluated vs. a common set of international standards, enabling system designers in Common Criteria Recognition Agreement (CCRA) member countries in Europe, Middle East, North America, and Asia, and the 29 NATO states, to confidently, without requiring further evaluation, select the device to reduce the development time of their deployed encryption solution. The rugged small form-factor DTS1 NAS is designed to store and protect large amounts of data on helicopters, fighters, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV), unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), and intelligence surveillance reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft that require the protection of sensitive DAR to international standards.

Complete embedded system solutions
The DTS1 is designed for rugged applications that require the storage, removal, and transport of critical data such as cockpit data (mission, map, maintenance), ISR (camera, I&Q, sensors), mobile applications (ground radar, ground mobile, airborne ISR pods), heavy industrial (steel, refinery), and video/audio data collection (flight test instrumentation). The device can be integrated into a rugged deployed system based on the company’s range of open architecture single board computers and DSP modules, as well as integrated mission computers, sensor management systems, and network switches.

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January 22, 2019 | Press Release