SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 7, 2005

CURTISS WRIGHT CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

  Delaware

State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization 		    1-134

Commission File
Number		     13-0612970

IRS Employer
Identification No.		  

  4 Becker Farm Road
Roseland, New Jersey
Address of Principal Executive Offices 		 
07068
Zip Code 		   

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (973) 597-4700

Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

              Curtiss-Wright Corporation delivered an investor and securities analyst presentation at the Sidoti & Company’s 9th Annual Emerging Growth Institutional Investor Conference that included the slides and notes filed as Exhibit 99.1 and the notes of the presentation filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which are incorporated herein by reference. The presentation was made at The Grand Hyatt New York Hotel at 9:40 am EDT on April 7, 2005. A copy of this presentation is also available on the Company’s website.

              This information is not “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing made pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The furnishing of these slides is not intended to constitute a representation that such information is required by Regulation FD or that the materials they contain include material information that is not otherwise publicly available.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

              (a)  Not applicable.

              (b)  Not applicable.

              (c)  Exhibits.

                       99.1  Slides and notes shown during Sidoti investor and securities analyst presentation.
                       99.2  Notes to presentation.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

  CURTISS WRIGHT CORPORATION
   
  By: /s/ Glenn E. Tynan
       Glenn E. Tynan
       Vice-President and
       Chief Financial Officer

Date: April 7, 2005


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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number		   Description  
99.1   Slides shown during Sidoti investor and securities analyst presentation  
99.2   Notes to Presentation  

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