Minimally Intrusive Real-time Software Instrumentation Technologies

Real-Time Innovations (RTI) proposes to build a new architecture for non-intrusive instrumentation for distributed real-time systems. With this design, developers will directly see and record key internal application data, dynamically monitor network and process statistics, and analyze system operational performance – all in real time. We will support direct code instrumentation, run-time patching, operating-system statistical collection, and integration with post-processing tools. Our goal is to provide visibility into all important system data, in real-time, with minimal developer effort. The data will be integrated and collected with OMG Data-Distribution Service (DDS) middleware, allowing immediate application to most of the Navy’s active software development programs. This network integration will also make the toolset capable of network-wide analysis of a distributed system. As both the world’s leading vendor of DDS middleware and the developer of the most successful real-time tool suite, RTI is uniquely qualified to deliver and support this critical functionality. We will collaborate with key customers, including NSWC-DD, SPAWAR, Raytheon (DDG-1000), and Lockheed Martin MS2 (Aegis) to ensure applicability to Naval systems. We will commercialize the results, and offer it as a COTS product to our over-300 current and all future customers.