Webinars: Advancing Flight Test & Telemetry with Curtiss-Wright & Lumistar

Join us for two exclusive technical webinars exploring the latest innovations in flight test and telemetry on Thursday 27 March. Starting at 2:30pm and 4:00pm GMT.

Leading experts from Curtiss-Wright and Lumistar will share insights into the latest solutions designed to enhance data acquisition, transmission, and analysis in flight testing.

In the first session, Curtiss-Wright will discuss next-generation flight test instrumentation, focusing on the design of a SWAP-C optimized flight test instrumentation system for a variety of different flight test applications.

The second session, hosted by Lumistar, will dive into advanced telemetry receivers and ground station technologies, showcasing how telemetered aeronautical flight test data is produced, transmitted, received, recorded and presented real time to flight test engineers.

These back-to-back sessions are essential for aerospace test engineers looking to stay ahead in flight test telemetry. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain technical expertise from industry leaders!

A Holistic Journey Through An Aeronautical Telemetry Ground Station

Join us for a holistic walk through a typical aeronautical telemetry ground station, including some information how the data is created and transmitted on the flight test article.

Attendees will have a much better feel for how telemetered aeronautical flight test data is produced, transmitted, received, recorded and presented real time to flight test engineers.Lumistar provides end-to-end cradle to grave support, including requirements development, site survey, pre and post delivery training, on call support, upgrades, spares.

We will be discussing several existing systems recently fielded.

Attendees will learn:

• Basic functionality of a typical Telemetry Ground Station, how it works
• Tracking Antenna Systems
• RF Front Ends (Receivers/Demodulation)
• Frame Synchronization and Decommutation
• Real Time Display of Telemetry Parameters
• Network Telemetry

When

Thursday, March 27, 2025 · 2:30 p.m. London (GMT +0:00)

 

Presenter

Mark McWhorter

VP of Sales and Marketing

Mark McWhorter is a Telemetry Industry veteran, deeply involved in the design, development, production digital communication systems for over 40 years. As Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Lumistar, Inc., a well-known supplier of telemetry components and systems, this position allows him to see hundreds of aeronautical telemetry applications on a yearly basis. Mark holds a BSEE Degree from the University of South Florida and has authored several papers on microwave components and communication system applications. Previously, he held the position of Technical Director at Honeywell Space Systems, Clearwater, FL in the development and operations of ground based mobile Range Safety and Telemetry Systems.

Designing A SWAP-C Optimized Flight Test Instrumentation System

Presenter

Ben Kupferschmidt

Sr. Product Line Manager

Ben Kupferschmidt is the Senior Product Line Manager in charge of Network and Ground products at Curtiss-Wright Aerospace Instrumentation. His product line includes switches, recorders, network gateways, cameras, and the IADS real-time data analysis software. Prior to becoming a Product Line Manager in 2022, Ben was the manager of the Desktop Software team at Curtiss-Wright for 20 years. In that role, he directed the development of the TTCWare setup software. Ben holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania.