Real Time Companies

What Real Time Companies does

Real Time Companies (RTCo) is a privately held Phoenix, Arizona-based holding entity founded in 1997 by Kenneth A. Varga, operating primarily through its subsidiary Real Time Consulting (RTC). The company delivers specialized consulting and engineering services for aerospace and mission/safety-critical embedded systems, with documented expertise in DO-178, SAE ARP 4754, and IEEE 12207 regulatory processes. Its workforce is composed of engineers with prior tenure at Honeywell, IBM, Sperry Flight Systems, and Motorola, operating from an ITAR-compliant facility with Top Secret clearance capability, which collectively enable the company to bid on classified and safety-critical aerospace programs.

The business model is professional services-led, monetizing through billable engineering hours on time-and-materials engagements with aerospace and avionics customers. RTCo also offers adjacent engineering services such as Brackish Grey Water Systems engineering and is actively developing MyRT, a software product that signals intent to productize internal IP beyond pure consulting. The company holds multiple patents and has invested in secure facility infrastructure to support defense and avionics primes. No external funding rounds have been disclosed, indicating the firm has been self-funded and steady-state for the bulk of its 27+ year operating history.

Customer and revenue detail is not publicly disclosed, and the most recent observable website copyright is 2019, which limits visibility into current commercial momentum. The addressable market is narrow by design, given the regulatory and clearance prerequisites governing the clients and programs the company serves.

Name

Real Time Companies

Legal name

Real Time Companies

Website

https://real-time-companies.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Real Time Companies is a Phoenix-based aerospace consulting firm delivering safety-critical embedded systems engineering under DO-178, SAE ARP 4754, and IEEE 12207, serving aerospace and defense prime contractors from an ITAR-compliant, Top Secret–cleared facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aerospace Engineering Consulting Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAIAK

Reliability, Safety & Risk Engineering (RAMS/PSM) Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Engineering & Technical Consulting

SECONDARYBPAHAIAI

Systems Engineering & Technical Program Management

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Engineering & Technical Consulting

Keywords

• Aerospace embedded systems
• DO-178 certification consulting
• Mission-critical software engineering
• Avionics systems development
• Regulatory compliance services

Headquarters

HQ city

Phoenix

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: Professional consulting services providing complete life cycle development for systems architecture and software for aerospace and mission/safety critical embedded systems. Services include pre-certification documents, system definition, software architecture, testing, documentation, requirement tracing, audits, certification, and maintenance.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Real Time Companies operates through its subsidiary Real Time Consulting (RTC) to provide engineering consulting services for aerospace and mission/safety critical embedded systems. The firm delivers complete lifecycle development spanning pre-certification planning, system definition, software architecture, decomposition, testing, documentation, requirement tracing, audits, formal certification, and maintenance under DO-178, SAE ARP 4754, and IEEE 12207 regulatory frameworks. It also offers model-based design with MATLAB/Simulink and select water systems engineering services.

Product overview

Real Time Companies (RTCo) is the parent company that operates through its subsidiary Real Time Consulting (RTC). RTC specializes in DO-178, SAE ARP 4754, and IEEE 12207 compliant development of high-reliability mission/safety critical embedded systems for aerospace and other regulated industries. The company offers complete life cycle development including systems architecture, software design, testing, certification, and maintenance. RTC also provides model-based design and MATLAB/Simulink development services per client requirements. Additional offerings include Brackish Grey Water Systems and Engineering Services. The company is developing a product called MyRT.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Real Time Consulting (RTC) - Aerospace Embedded Systems Engineering Services Complete lifecycle embedded systems and software development service for aerospace and mission/safety critical systems, covering pre-certification documents, system definition per client requirements, software architecture and decomposition, system and software testing, documentation, requirement tracing, audits, run-for-score, formal certification, certification artifacts, maintenance, process training, model-based design, and MATLAB/Simulink development under DO-178, SAE ARP 4754, and IEEE 12207 frameworks.
• Brackish Grey Water Systems Water systems engineering service offered through Real Time Consulting for environmental and water treatment applications.
• Engineering Services

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Belcan: Belcan provides engineering consulting and technical staffing across aerospace, defense, and industrial markets, with significant work in safety-critical embedded systems and avionics. Directly comparable to Real Time Companies in offering specialized engineering services to aerospace primes.
• Cyient: Cyient delivers engineering, manufacturing, and digital services to aerospace and defense customers, including work on avionics, embedded systems, and certification programs. Overlaps with Real Time Companies in providing certified lifecycle engineering to aerospace primes.
• AKKA Technologies: AKKA is a European engineering and IT consulting firm with deep aerospace exposure, providing systems and software engineering for safety-critical applications. Comparable to Real Time Companies in offering outsourced specialty engineering for regulated aerospace programs.
• Alten: Alten is a global engineering and technology consulting firm with significant aerospace and embedded systems practice. Comparable as a labor-based engineering services provider serving regulated industries including aerospace.

Broad incumbents

• Parsons Corporation: Parsons is a large defense and aerospace engineering services firm with a broad portfolio spanning systems engineering, mission solutions, and critical infrastructure. Comparable as a much larger incumbent working in aerospace and defense engineering services.
• SAIC: SAIC is a large science and technology solutions provider with deep aerospace and defense engineering services exposure. Comparable as a broader incumbent that competes for embedded systems engineering work at scale.
• CACI International: CACI provides expertise in aerospace, defense, and intelligence including systems engineering and software development. Comparable as a larger incumbent with cleared-facility infrastructure for regulated aerospace work.
• Leidos: Leidos is a large federal engineering and IT services firm with significant aerospace and avionics systems work. Comparable as a broader incumbent in aerospace systems engineering and certification-adjacent services.

Emerging players

• Wind River Systems: Wind River provides real-time operating systems and software platforms for safety-critical embedded systems in aerospace and defense. Comparable as an adjacent technology provider whose tools underpin the same DO-178-certified development work Real Time Companies performs.
• Presagis: Presagis offers safety-critical embedded software, modeling, and simulation tools for aerospace and defense. Comparable as a niche safety-critical embedded software vendor whose offering intersects with Real Time Companies' certification lifecycle work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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