The TTTECH Story
It all started with a question:
How can we make complex computer systems used in various machines, such as cars, airplanes, mobile, and industrial machinery, as dependable and safe as possible?
In 1998, Professor Hermann Kopetz, his son Georg, and former student Stefan Poledna set out to answer it. They founded TTTECH, originally standing short for Time-Triggered Technology, as a spin-off of the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien). Their mission was to develop reliable computer systems with a focus on dependability and real-time safety, building the foundation for creating safe, secure and more autonomous solutions for the future.
What started as extensive research at the Institute for Real-Time Systems has evolved into a global force in safety-critical innovation. TTTECH pioneered time-triggered networking—a breakthrough that redefined how machines communicate in real time, without fail. From air and spacecraft to the energy industry, industrial automation, and mobile machinery, our systems now operate in industries where failure is not an option.
But our story isn’t just about technology.
It’s about people - those who are passionate about innovation and make it possible.
It’s about trust - earned through long-lasting partnerships and continuous dedication.
It’s about growth through transformation - powered by bold ambitions, curiosity and grit.
Today, we continue to lead with purpose, advancing safe and secure technologies to enable a connected, human-centric, and sustainable world.
TTTECH – Navigating tomorrow safely.
Our values
We are TRUSTWORTHY.
We build systems that the world relies on—where safety, security, and dependability are not optional, but essential. Our customers and partners trust us to deliver what matters most: performance without compromise, and relationships built to last. We engineer systems that are designed to never fail—because safety, security, and dependability are non-negotiable.
We are THRIVING.
We grow by challenging the status quo and staying curious. From a university lab to a global technology leader, we’ve never stopped pushing forward. In fast-moving industries, we stay ahead—curious, bold, and committed to shaping what’s next. Our teams thrive because we empower them to lead, not follow. We believe progress is a mindset.
We are TRANSFORMATIVE.
We don’t wait for the future to happen — we want to play a role in shaping it together with our customers and partners. With every system deployed, we push boundaries to create a more autonomous, connected, and human-centric future. Through innovative safe and secure technologies, we enable autonomy, connectivity, and sustainability in a world that demands all three.
Executive board
Georg Kopetz
CEO and co-founder
Georg Kopetz is co-founder and member of the executive board (CEO) at TTTECH, a leading high-tech company in Central Europe.
He is responsible for the overall strategy of the corporation, marketing & sales, finance, human resources as well as the business units Aerospace and Industrial solutions.
He studied law at the University of Vienna and Paris. Since 2023, he is also a member of FORWIT, the Austrian Council for Sciences, Technology and Innovation, providing independent advice to the federal government of Austria.
Manfred Prammer
COO
Manfred Prammer serves as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Board Member at TTTECH. He oversees TTControl, electronic design, quality and supply chain management, while also driving the advancement of digital business solutions, IT and operations. His responsibilities extend to facility and office management. Since joining TTTECH in 1998, he has been instrumental in building the company’s electronics development and supply chain capabilities. Manfred holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Vienna University of Technology.
TTTECH Group entities
TTTECH Aerospace is part of the TTTech Group and provides deterministic embedded network and platform solutions for aviation and space applications. Its products have already completed around three billion flight hours in safety-critical applications like fly-by-wire, power systems, engine controls, and environmental control systems and covered distances of more than two million kilometers in deep space.
Proven, mature solutions help customers to develop integrated, modular, and scalable deterministic network platforms that increase safety, fault tolerance, and availability. TTTECH Aerospace has been engaged in the aviation market since 1998, working with worldwide industry market leaders and their systems suppliers. It also offers reliable radiation-hardened components and integrated modules for Deterministic Ethernet networking applications designed for the use in in space exploration and human-rated space flight missions.
TTControl is a joint venture of TTTECH and HYDAC International and provides high-performance control systems and advanced electronics for off-highway vehicles and mobile machinery. With over 20 years of experience, TTControl accompanies its customers and partners throughout the entire development process and machine lifecycle, providing extensive know-how about system architectures, functional safety, and application software.
TTControl offers its customers worldwide the convenience of a full-service supplier for mobile controls, displays and human machine interfaces (HMIs), computing platforms, and software development for mobile automation. It serves a wide range of markets from agriculture and construction to material handling, municipal, and special vehicles. Its hardware and software platforms enable vehicle manufacturers to develop highly reliable electronic control systems efficiently and economically.
TTTECH Industrial operates under the umbrella of the TTTECH Group. It aspires to unlock the incredible potential of industrial automation, combining transformative technologies with hands-on experience in critical real-time systems. TTTECH Industrial supports its customers to achieve smarter automation, better data access, and more flexible manufacturing.
TTTECH Industrial integrates open, standard technologies to offer flexible platforms for connecting, controlling, and managing machines and works with its customers to achieve their goals of smarter automation, better data access, and more flexible manufacturing with industrial IoT solutions. For this, TTTECH Industrial offers Nerve ↗, an IIoT platform for cloud-managed edge computing that delivers openness, security, flexibility, and real-time data for industrial use cases. It also offers robust and reliable communication for the energy sector.
TTTECH ZYNE is a strategic joint venture of Austria‘s leading electricity company VERBUND and TTTECH. TTTECH ZYNE is committed to supporting the energy transition and focuses on innovative edge-cloud platform solutions to meet the challenges of the modern energy industry.
As a data exchange and flexibility platform, the TTTECH ZYNE Solution Suite creates a secure real-time connection and acts as a bridge between industrial and commercial enterprises and their energy suppliers. Industrial customers benefit from cross-site cost transparency, additional flexibility revenues, significant savings through optimized energy procurement, customized tariff models, and increased locational competitiveness. At the same time, energy suppliers can minimize forecast deviations, reduce balancing energy risks, and develop innovative, data-based business models – for value creation on both sides of the energy market.
TTTECH Digital Solutions is part of the TTTECH Group and specializes in the development and marketing of innovative software solutions for machine automation. The focus is on all disciplines of automation, from engineering to real-time motion and safety applications, taking cybersecurity guidelines into account.
The transformation of automation as a fusion of IT and OT is at the center of the company’s activities. Its product UBIQUE® is a software-based control platform for real-time motion control, cybersecurity, safety, web HMI, IO and much more. It serves as a full-edge IIoT platform for digital twins and digital products. UBIQUE® includes cloud-based software engineering with the most powerful development suite that increases productivity and includes comprehensive lifecycle management.
RT-RK is a premium embedded software development house in Southeastern Europe specializing in complex engineering solutions that operates under the umbrella of TTTECH Group. RT-RK has a background in being a near shore development center of silicon vendors, automotive, aerospace, industrial automation, and consumer electronics companies.
RT-RK's hardware engineering experience covers avionics, network communications, DSP and AI/ML, consumer devices, automotive, smartphones, multimedia, aerospace, automated test equipment, and EDA tool pre-silicon validation/verification projects. RT-RK has pioneered Android-based TV products and supports product development for digital TV, home automation and IoT, and audio technologies in the consumer electronics and infotainment systems industry. Its automotive expertise includes ADAS, DSP optimizations, digital cockpits, user experience, Android system integration, testing and validation, and hardware development.
Milestones
Aerospace
Yesterday, the new European launcher generation Ariane 6 successfully started on its first mission. On board: electronic components from Viennese high-tech company TTTECH that ensure fail-safe data transfer in safety-critical systems. | 
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Industrial
UBIQUE®, the fusion of IT and OT, transforms machine automation to the next level. Cloud-based software engineering with the most powerful development suite including digital twin, full-edge functionality and lifecycle management increases productivity.
Off-highway
TTControl introduced FusionAI, a revolutionary computing platform designed to accelerate the transition from hardware-based to software-defined mobile machinery. With support for up to four displays, AI acceleration for sensor and camera data, and versatile CAN and Ethernet connectivity, FusionAI enables smarter, safer, and more flexible machine architectures.
