About TTTECH Aerospace
TTTECH Aerospace provides deterministic embedded network and platform solutions for aviation and space applications
TTTECH Aerospace is the business entity within TTTECH Group which focuses on the global aerospace and defense markets. Our vision is to provide our customers transformative avionics core systems. They trust our know-how in functional safety and our technologies for fault-tolerance and for more cost-efficient incremental qualification.
Certified and safe solutions for the aviation market
TTTECH Aerospace has been engaged in the aviation market since 1998. We typically provide development, testing and flight equipment to system suppliers which need to safely connect their systems to an on-board network based on Ethernet (ARINC 664 part 7, also known as AFDX®, TTEthernet® or other) or want to optimize the intra-system data communication for example with TTP® or a deterministic switch. We cover the full value chain from chip IP and software development to system qualification/certification up to the highest design assurance level. See the relevant case studies like the one on the Airbus A220.
Simplified spacecraft software and system architectures
In recent years space has become one of our key markets. Here we had to master radiation-hardening and space product assurance standards complementing our proven cross-industry technologies and aviation know-how. As a result we now provide highly reliable, radiation-hardened components and highly integrated modules/units to various programs, both commercial and governmental. Highlights are the human-rated NASA Orion (including the European Service Module “ESM”) and Lunar Gateway, but we are also strongly present in space transportation where for example the Ariane 6, Europe’s flagship launch vehicle, relies on a fault-tolerant TTEthernet® data network. Main customer benefits lie in modularity and scalability – massively decreasing integration and qualification efforts and leading to significant lifecycle savings in on-board software. NASA and its international space agency partners have therefore baselined TTEthernet® in the “International Avionics Systems Interoperability Standards (IASIS)” for programs like the Lunar Gateway and future deep space missions.
Senior leadership team - TTTECH Aerospace
Christian Fidi
General Manager TTTECH Aerospace
Christian Fidi has been with TTTECH for more than 10 years, first working as a project manager and technical senior expert for TTTECH's major product lines TTEthernet® and TTP®, with a focus on safety-critical data communication and control systems in aerospace, railway, and power plant applications. He held technical responsibility for market development and project management before being promoted to lead the business entity Aerospace at TTTECH in 2020. He was appointed General Manager, TTTECH Aerospace in 2023.
Thomas Auer
Vice President Aviation
Thomas Auer has 20 years of project management experience in the railway and network sector and has joined TTTECH Aerospace after a year as Director Group Project Management at TTTECH. With his wealth of project experience, he will oversee project execution and business development in the aviation sector as Vice President.
Sascha Bechthold
Vice President Engineering
Sascha Bechthold joined TTTECH on April 1, 2025. Prior to TTTECH, Sascha held a director position as Head of Engineering International Computing & Networking Products & Systems at Collins Aerospace in Germany. Sascha brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in aerospace engineering to the team, as well as development know-how in aerospace electronic systems and software. He will take over design and development responsibility for TTTECH Aerospace, leading the engineering organization including technical project management, systems, software, chip, and chief engineering.
Gabriel Schütz
Vice President Finance Aerospace
Gabriel Schütz has been with TTTECH since 2019. He has started as Director Controlling at TTTECH Group and was appointed as Director of Finance & Controlling at TTTECH Auto Group. He joined TTTECH Aerospace’s Leadership Team in September 2023 and has held the position of Vice President Finance Aerospace since. Gabriel brought over a decade of Finance experience from Austria’s largest telecom provider, where he held key leadership positions in Controlling. Gabriel holds a Master’s degree from WU Vienna and a diploma from the Austrian Chamber of Auditor’s.
Go-to-market leadership team
Kurt Doppelbauer
Vice President Strategic Sales & Business Development Aviation
Kurt Doppelbauer joined TTTECH in 1999 and held various positions in management control, R&T project management, and cross-industry sales. He was appointed as commercial head for the business unit Aerospace (2006-2018), as Chief Sales Officer for TTTECH’s North American subsidiary (2009-2013), and as Senior Director Marketing for TTTECH Group (2019-2022). Since October 2018, he has been holding the role of Vice President Strategic Sales and Business Development for TTTECH Aerospace, most recently focusing on Aviation.
Bob Richards
Vice President Space
Bob Richards has been a leading figure in the U.S. space industry for several decades. Before joining TTTECH in March 2020, he held senior level positions at Orbital, Orbital ATK, and Northrop Grumman in advanced projects and strategy and business development. Bob Richards is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA, an Academician of the IAA, and has received the National Medal of Technology, and the National Air and Space Museum Trophy for technical achievement as part of the Pegasus Development Team. Bob will own TTTECH Aerospace's space business as Vice President.
Reinhard Maier
Director Customer Solutions & Projects Aviation
Reinhard Maier has two decades of experience in aerospace safety-critical systems, as well as software and hardware certification. He joined TTTECH in 2000, taking on a variety of leading management, product, and project management roles at TTTECH Aerospace before being appointed Director Customer Solutions & Projects – Aviation in 2023. He holds an MBA from the University of Vienna and an MSc in computer systems from the Vienna University of Technology and has published several articles on safety-critical, fault-tolerant communication.
Mario Gartner
Director Sales & Product Management Space
Since joining TTTECH in 2014, Mario Gartner has worked in product and project management roles before becoming the head of software engineering in 2017. He has specialized in certified avionics software, real-time systems and computer networks and holds a Master’s degree in Embedded Systems. With his previous work on software for communication systems, he has over 18 years of professional experience in the development of market-leading safety-critical computer systems. Since 2024, Mario Gartner holds the role of Director Sales & Product Management Space.
