Spun out of Advanced Fuel Research of East Hartford, CT -- a long time SBIR-involved firm - Real Time Analyzers, Inc. (RTA) was founded in 2001 by a group of experienced chemical spectroscopists and engineers and continues to be program active. Organized around the development of rugged, high performance interferometer-based spectroscopic solutions for chemical analysis, the firm designs, manufactures, and markets high-performance NIR & Raman Spectrometers for use in chemical, biochemical and materials identification and characterization. The firm's personnel design, manufacture, and market high-performance Near-IR and Raman spectrometers for use in chemical, biochemical and materials identification and characterization, offering everything from portable field-based units and research-grade laboratory systems to industrial process control platforms. The firm also provides analyzers that perform continuous, real-time, trace chemical detection with the ability to operate in harsh industrial environments. Fiber optic probes allow easy installation and use in all forms of chemicalusing industries. These include Biotech, Chemical, Environmental, Medical, Petrochemical, Pharmaceutical, Polymer and R&D.