Overview
Real-Time Innovations (RTI) is the World's largest DDS (Data Distribution Service) supplier and the safety-certified communication framework leader for software-defined vehicles (SDVs) and autonomous systems. RTI Connext Drive powers real-time data communication for autonomous vehicles, robotics, and defense systems. Over 1,700 deployments across automotive, medical, and defense.
Reality check
Product (company-claimed)
RTI Connext, built on the Data Distribution Service (DDS) standard, is a real-time connectivity framework for distributed and robotic systems.
Adoption (company-claimed)
Over 2,000 designs worldwide, over 500 major defense programs and over 2 million vehicles on the road.
Automotive and medical (company-claimed)
Supports dozens of automotive ADAS and software-defined architectures; used by over 50% of the Top 10 medical device companies.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
ROS toolkit
Data & sources
Web sources
4
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Partnerships
Every company Real-Time Innovations (RTI) has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Green Hills Software1× joint
- 2Lockheed Martin1× joint
Most recent
- RTI x Lockheed Martin (Elite Supplier)2024-10-15with Lockheed Martinoperating
Relationships
Current leadership (4)
- Dr. Stan Schneider CEO
- Gerardo Pardo-Castellote Co-founder & CTO
- Catherine Mekler COO
- Dr. Bob Kindel CFO
Founders (1)
- Gerardo Pardo-Castellotecofounderno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Real-Time Innovations (RTI).
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Peers
88 peers across 1 segment. Every Real-Time Innovations (RTI) competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
av(88)
57 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 4969.122215850638) · leader Waymo at 6990%
- A&K Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AIRdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Alsodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aseon Labsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aurora Innovationdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AutoXdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company Real-Time Innovations (RTI) has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- RTI x Lockheed Martin (Elite Supplier)2024-10-15with Lockheed Martinoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Green Hills Software1× joint
- 2Lockheed Martin1× joint
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- RTI x Green Hills Software (Automotive DDS)withGreen Hills Softwaretechnology—operating
- RTI x Lockheed Martin (Elite Supplier)withLockheed Martintechnology2024-10-15operating
Timeline
Every recorded move in Real-Time Innovations (RTI)’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipRTI x Lockheed Martin (Elite Supplier)
2024-10-15RTI was awarded Elite Supplier status by Lockheed Martin's Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS) division. RTI Connext DDS enables Lockheed Martin to seamlessly incorporate newer and advanced sensors into critical defense systems.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (4)
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Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-21
Sources by quality tier
- 4
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Real-Time Innovations (RTI).Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/rti.md
- RSS feed: /companies/rti/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/4dc8fd3a-4b01-4a1d-b310-a14c8bf1ec20
- Revision history: /companies/rti/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
Heat Index
Serious54/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Real-Time Innovations (RTI) against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 4, 2026