RTI Announces First Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Connectivity Software for Military Avionics Systems Based on FACE 2.1 Standard

SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwired - May 27, 2015) - Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) connectivity platform company, today announced the availability of its Transport Services Segment (TSS) software based on the new Technical Standard for Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE(TM)), Edition 2.1 (an Open Group standard). This is the first commercially available and supported TSS 2.1 reference implementation. It allows avionics software developers and platform integrators to rapidly assemble best-of-breed technologies with commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components that have proven safety certification credentials. These systems will reduce integration and airworthiness certification risk while facilitating reuse across both manned and unmanned systems. For example, a surveillance system built for a Navy aircraft can be used in another vehicle without requiring a rebuild from the bottom up.

"RTI's COTS Transport Services Segment software expands the range of commercial solutions for global military customers," states Chip Downing, Senior Director of Aerospace and Defense at Wind River and Chair of the FACE Business Working Group Outreach Committee. "The FACE industry partners are rapidly developing a rich ecosystem of FACE aligned components, enabling government customers a wide range of powerful and proven COTS components that can quickly deploy advanced solutions into next generation aircraft."

RTI's TSS technology is built on the Data Distribution Service (DDS) standard developed by the Object Management Group (OMG). This includes RTI Connext DDS Cert, which is certifiable to DO-178C Design Assurance Level (DAL) A and is ideal for resource-constrained applications. Additional benefits of RTI TSS include flexible communication due to the publish/subscribe paradigm, physical transport independence and real-time Quality of Service (QoS). The RTI TSS is also interoperable with non-FACE DDS applications, such as those that comply with the UAS Control Segment (UCS) architecture.