This document discusses Real-Time Innovations' (RTI) role in enabling systems interoperability. It provides examples of how RTI's middleware allows different systems and components to work together in applications such as military systems, industrial control systems, medical devices, and more. The document also describes RTI's standards-based approach and its vision for open interoperable architectures like FACE (Future, Agile, Composable Environment) that enable reuse across platforms.

1. Your systems. Working as one.Your systems. Working as one.
Welcome!
MBSE, RTI, & FACE
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3. Government Business Model Challenge
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4. Management’s
sole strategic
imperative is
to engage
competition
Bill Barnett, Stanford
GSB
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5. Government Business Model
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6. OA is About Changing Competition
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How? Interoperability.
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BusinessModels
Interoperability

8. UNCLASSIFIED - Pubic Release 12-S-1669
OA Acquisition Objectives
To remove the traditional barriers to Effective Competition in the
UAS Control Segment and provide market access to a broad,
heterogeneous industrial base of software providers in an agile
acquisition and integration environment.
Pubic Release 12-S-1669

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11. Data Transport Evolution
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Point-to-Point Client/Server
Brokered
ESB
Daemon
Publish/Subscribe
Pub/Sub Messaging
Data-Centric
Publish/Subscribe (DCPS)
Data-Centric

12. RTI Builds Smart Systems
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13. Reliable Operation
• The LPD-17 Ship-Wide
Area Network (SWAN)
runs machinery,
damage control,
steering, magnetic
signature, mission
control, navigation,
communication
• Redundant networks,
data, sensors and RTI
middleware provide
non-stop reliability
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14. Real-Time Performance
• The Ship Self Defense
System is the “last line
of defense”
• SSDS coordinates high-
speed radars, targets
defensive missiles, and
directs 1000+
rounds/sec at incoming
cruise missiles
• SSDS is at sea now
• RTI delivers messages in
real time
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15. System Integration
• RTI is the leading
vendor of combat
system messaging
• RTI connects
disparate systems,
merges multiple
languages on multiple
operating systems,
handles DIL links and
legacy interfaces
• RTI enables easy,
large-scale integration
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16. Flexible Connectivity
• CAE, one of the
world's leading
providers of
simulation and
training, uses RTI over
high-bandwidth IEEE-
1394 for its flight
simulator
• Middleware provides
transport portability
and architecture
interoperability
"In the past we probably would
have developed an expensive,
proprietary system for data
communications. By using RTI,
we were able to deliver a
proven, reliable and cost
effective solution to our
customers.”
- Peter Jarvis, Chief Designer
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17. 24x7 Operation
• Air traffic control
requires 24x7
operation. Hot swap
service is critical
hardware or software
failures mean flight
delays and substantial
costs
• Without disrupting the
data flow, RTI permits
fast addition, updating
and removal of system
nodes
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18. Crisp Interface Design
• The 34 ATLANTIDA
consortium organizations
design air traffic management
for Europe
• RTI middleware will integrate
civilian, military, and
unmanned aircraft into a
coordinated airspace
• DDS will be used in both
ground stations and
unmanned vehicles
• RTI middleware cleanly
specifies interfaces between
modules and defines the
dataflow that coordinates the
large, distributed team
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19. Technology Upgrades
• AWACS provides
airborne surveillance,
command & control
for battle
management
• Then AWACS upgrade
design is more open
and supportable
• Open and extensible
middleware lowers
maintenance cost
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20. Multi-Channel Connections
• The BASE TEN RoboScout
unmanned ground vehicle
integrates steering,
braking, acceleration,
dashboard, mapping, and
up to 12 video feeds
• “RTI is at the core of our
modular and highly
scalable environment.”
Josef Schröttle
Head of Design & Development
BASE TEN SYSTEMS Electronics
GmbH
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21. Open Architecture
• RTI powers the SPY radar
for the Aegis Weapon
System
• This highly distributed
system of radar,
weapons, displays and
controls complies with
the Navy Open
Architecture
• Standards-based, high-
performance middleware
avoids vendor lock-in
and future-proofs the
architectural design
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22. Unmanned Vehicle Architecture
• RTI is working with
the OSD to define a
standard
architecture for
unmanned vehicles
• RTI is key to the
architecture and
data model efforts
for both UCS
(ground stations)
and FACE (avionics)
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23. Fast Development
• General Atomics Advanced
Cockpit Ground Control
Stations deliver real-time
data acquisition, analysis,
and response for unmanned
aircraft systems such as
Predator®
• GA selected RTI for proven
software & services
• This application was
delivered in under 14
months, significantly faster
than with alternative
software or building in
house
• Middleware speeds
development
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24. Wireless Links
• NASA’s Human-Robotic
Systems prototypes robots
for extraterrestrial surfaces
• The project coordinates
four NASA centers building
four different robots. They
operate in realistic
environments, including
over low-bandwidth, high-
delay, lossy
communications
• RTI middleware allows
these very different
systems to share common
data communications over
disadvantaged links
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25. DIL Connection
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26. Advanced Tech in Legacy Environments
• The VW Driver Assistance
and Integrated Safety
system combines radars,
laser range finders, and
video to assist safe
operation
• It helps avoid obstacles,
detect lane departures,
track eye activity, and safely
negotiate bends
• Advanced safety systems
must connect to existing
hardware. RTI middleware
bridges high speed
networking to the CAN bus
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27. Hardware in the Loop
• A modern car contains
100+ CPUs
• Audi uses hardware-in-
the-loop simulation to
feed realistic data to
components in a lab
for testing
• RTI middleware
enables a modular test
environment that
scales to work with
hundreds of devices
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28. Scalability
• Harmonic
transmission and
video switching
equipment
delivers
worldwide video-
on-demand
• RTI enables high-
performance
scalability and
future
extensibility
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29. Database Integration
• Light and strong
advanced composites
make advanced aircraft
quiet and efficient
• Lund Engineering uses
RTI to integrate the
composite inspection
system
• Critically, all data must
be saved for validation;
RTI’s database
integration saves all
data to permanent
storage
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30. Precise Control
• European Southern
Observatory’s Very
Large Telescope can
see objects four
billion times fainter
than can be seen
with the unaided eye
• The telescopes use
hundreds of servo
mirrors and scientific
instruments
• RTI middleware
coordinates precise
control and
measurement
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31. High Throughput Load Control
• RTI powers Varian’s
NMR and MRI
product lines
• Any one of the
sixteen MRI receivers
can saturate a 1Gbit
network.
• RTI controls and
optimizes network
use to handle
megabytes of load
without losing data“RTI delivered great functionality at a low cost. Using RTI middleware saved
us a lot of money, time, and effort compared to our previous in-house
developed solution.”
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32. Reliable Uptime
• Mevion’s Proton-
Beam Radiation
Therapy system zaps
tumors with
accelerated protons
• The treatment must
be continuous for 30-
40 days; downtime
endangers treatment
success
• Mevion’s PBRT
delivers dependable
treatment at low cost
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33. Industry Interoperation
• The Integrated Clinical
Environment (ICE) standard
specifies interoperability for
medical devices
• All ICU & operating room
devices — from blood pressure
cuffs to intravenous pumps to
ventilators — could be
interconnected according to
the ICE standard
– Complete logging
– Automatic error detection
– Better care
• The DDS standard and RTI
middleware enables plug &
play interoperability across
manufacturers
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34. Fan Out/Fan In
• Blue Force Tracker (JBC-P)
must process 200,000+
tracks.
• The legacy design was:
– Proprietary
– 1.5m SLOC
– 12,000 tracks
– 11 servers w/88 cores
– Unreliable
• The DDS design is:
– 100% standards based
– 50k SLOC
– 250,000 tracks
– 80% of a single core
– Fully redundant
– Reliable multicast
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35. Asset Tracking
• Wi-Tronix systems
wirelessly monitor high-
value mobile assets such
as locomotives,
industrial equipment
and marine vessels
• RTI addressed critical
issues such as optimized
flow and discovery
process over a wireless
network
• RTI middleware works
effectively over lossy
wireless networks
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36. Real-Time & IT Integration
• Siemens Wind Power
fields farms of 500
turbines with 100m
blades
• RTI enables fast
control within
turbines and
distributed gust
mitigation across the
array
• RTI will also
integrate with
predictive
maintenance and
business diagnostics
• RTI melds real-time
with IT
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37. Edge to Enterprise
RTI DataBus™
Connext
Micro
Pub/Sub API
(DDS subset)
Small Device
Apps
Connext
DDS
Pub/Sub API
(Full DDS)
DDS Apps
Connext
Messaging
Messaging API
(DDS++ & JMS)
General-Purpose
Real-Time Apps
Connext
Integrator
Adapters
Diverse
Apps/Systems
Administration
Monitoring
Recording
Replay
Persistence
Logging
Visualization
Common Tools and Infrastructure Services
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38. DDS: The Software DataBus
• Data centric
– Structured, accessible data
• Independent modules
– Supports SOA
• Plug and play flexibility
– Like a hardware bus
• Peer-to-peer performance
– Like streaming protocols
• Standards-based
interoperability
– Like TCP/IP
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Data-Centric Messaging Bus
Scalable, high performance, reliable infrastructure
DataBus™
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39. Managing State
• Data centric
– Single version of truth
– Known structure
– Clear rules for access, changes, updates
• Technologies
– Database
– Data-centric middleware
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40. Why a Databus Transport?
• Reduces risk
– Proven, reusable, certified
• Saves money
– Coupling limits function & flexibility
– Lives as reusable infrastructure (!)
• Enables advanced capability
– Redundancy, fan out, fan in
– Transport, OS, language transparency
– Integration, hot-swap, scalability
– Security, IoT connectivity
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Databus
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41. About RTI
• Market Leader
– Over 70% DDS mw market share1
– Largest embedded middleware vendor2
• Standards Leader
– Active in 15 standards efforts
– OMG Board of Directors
– DDS authors
• Real-Time Pedigree
– Founded by Stanford researchers
– High-performance control, tools history
• Maturity Leader
– 600+ designs
– TRL 9
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1Embedded Market Forecasters
2VDC Analyst Report
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42. 2008
Global Support and Distribution
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RTI & FACE

44. FACE Vision: Interoperability
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Platform YPlatform X
Radio RadioOFP Sensor Display CDU Input Sensor Display InputCDU
FACE Application “X”
The same FACE application is now
portable across war fighting platforms
OFP
The addition of
FACE Computing Platform Software
enables application portability across
dissimilar war fighting platforms
FACE Computing Platform
FACE Application”X”
FACE Computing Platform

45. PartitionPartitionPartition
RTI TSS Implementation
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App App
Shared memory
App
RTI TSS RTI TSS
App App App
RTI TSS RTI TSS RTI TSS
ARINC Ports
RTI TSS
Bus/Network
Node Node

46. Innovation
Ideas are free,
Vision is cheap,
Execution is golden.
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47. FACE Demo
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RTI Connext
Micro
RTI FACE Transport Service Segment
RTI Data Bus
Android Tablet
Windriver SBC P4080

48. The Right Turn
• OA enables reuse and efficiency…
…But it’s only right if it expands horizons
• MBSE connects intent to results…
…But it’s only right if power > cost
• FACE is a compelling vision…
…But it’s only right if executed
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