Unified HP/RT Development to Deployment Middleware Platform

A significant problem for modern combat control system implementations is the incompatible development and deployment environments. These applications have specific performance requirements that until recently were only accurately obtained on the target installation system. However, for various logistic and economic reasons, the platforms utilized for advanced applications have typically been incompatible with the target combat system. In recent years, technological advances in middleware technology has enabled a significant reduction in the incompatibilities between these two environments. Increasingly, high-performance hard real-time application development efforts can be expected to employ modern software development methodologies for the implementation of their operational capabilities. This is demanded by the shift to commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software solutions to meet stringent low-cost objectives for new Navy procurements. This SBIR proposes a Unified HP/RT Middleware Platform as a high performance, hard real-time, distributed object-based, economically efficient approach to the integration of advanced development and COTS applications.