Connext in Maritime Autonomous Applications
To meet the challenges of the demanding maritime environment, the U.S. Navy has developed the Unmanned Maritime Autonomy Architecture (UMAA) to define a comprehensive data model and a standardized group of services required of maritime vessels and systems.
The UMAA standard allows for command and control from operators across the wide array of UUVs and USVs that the Navy is currently employing, and allows for command and control of multiple platforms from various vendors across a common standard.
The UMAA standard selected DDS as its messaging layer protocol for its ability to be vendor agnostic and its capacity to support a broad range of use cases.
RTI Connext is the leading DDS solution. In this seminar we will focus on teaching you how to use Connext in your UMAA systems, and how to address common design challenges of developing autonomous maritime systems.
Event Details
- June 10th – 12th, 2025 2025-06-10
June 10, 2025 10:00-3:00 ET,
Middletown, RI
Wyndham Newport
June 12, 2025 10:00-3:00 ET,
Boston, MA
Marriott Boston Quincy
Complimentary lunch will be provided
Registration: Please register using the form provided.
*The event is one seminar over two days in two different locations. Please select the location you would like to attend in the form below so we can plan accordingly.
Featured Speakers

John Breitenbach
Director, A&D Markets, RTI

David Greenberg
Senior Application Engineer, RTI

Paul Schmitt
Senior Application Engineer, RTI
Brett Hall
Senior Software Engineer, RTI
Brett Hall is a Senior Software Engineer for RTI. He has 15 years of experience in Aerospace and Defense (A&D) Software Development. Prior to his time at RTI, he developed and implemented various software applications for a major A&D corporation.His roles included software and integration design, research and development, FACE applications, and Command and Control systems using DDS. Brett is RTI’s representative to the FACE Consortium Transport Services Segment Working Group. He is also the software architect for the latest unreleased RTI Connext TSS 4.0. Brett received his BS in Computer Science from Clarkson University.
Paul Schmitt
Field Application Engineer, RTI
Paul Schmitt is a Field Application Engineer for RTI. He has over 25 years of experience in Embedded SW development. Before becoming a field application engineer, he developed and implemented real-time embedded software in communications, including telephone switching, ATM & Ethernet packet networks, network processors, and broadband routers. Paul received his BSECE (Bachelor of Science Electrical & Computer Engineering) from Clarkson University.
Ehsan Salehi
Senior Field Application Engineer, LDRA
Ehsan has over 15 years of experience in software development. He is a Verification Authority (VA) Lead for the FACE Standard Conformance Program, and since 2014, has been a member of the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Conformance Subcommittee and contributor to the FACE Conformance Verification Matrix. Before joining LDRA in 2018, Ehsan was involved in developing the FACE Technical Standard while working for Georgia Tech Research Institute.His past work as a software verification engineer has included involvement with industry safety certification standards such as DO-178B/C, DO-254, ISO 26262, and IEC 61508. Ehsan earned his Master’s Degree in Computer Science and Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia.
9:30AM-10:00AM
Coffee and pastries
10:00AM-10:30AM
Maritime Autonomy Market Update
SPEAKER:
John Brietenbach
10:30AM-11:00AM
UMAA 101
High level overview of UMAA systems from a DDS perspective
- Data model
- Topics/Interfaces
- Components
- Versioning/releases
- Intro to RTI’s UMAA Case+Code
SPEAKERS:
David Greenberg and Paul Schmitt
11:00AM-12:30PM
Connext DDS and UMAA
Explanation of DDS features and how they directly benefit UMAA development
- Defining UMAA components in XML (XML App creation)
- Handling large UMAA data types
- Managing UMAA commands (Keys/Instances)
- AsyncWaitsets for UMAA commands
- Listeners for UMAA statuses
- Filtering UMAA messages by destination GUID’s
- Using AI to develop your UMAA applications
SPEAKERS:
David Greenberg and Paul Schmitt
12:30PM-1:15PM
Complimentary Lunch
1:15PM–2:30PM
Connext and Maritime Autonomy
Connext infrastructure usage for Maritime development.
Best practices and architecture for DDS distributed systems
SPEAKER:
David Greenberg and Paul Schmitt