About AWST
Our Company
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Angewandte Wissenschaft Software und Technologie GmbH (AWST - "Applied Science, Software and Technology") is a dedicated team of IT professionals and scientists with extensive experience in all stages of the software lifecycle. From short-term support to end-to-end development projects, we have the experience and expertise to meet the most demanding software development needs.
Founded in 1997 and based in Vienna, Austria, we specialise in meeting the complex IT requirements of international organisations. We commit to long-term partnerships with our clients, developing a thorough knowledge of their business in order to better address their unique IT challenges.
Market Focus
AWST focuses on software consultancy projects for international organisations. Many of our projects have a scientific background in fields such as nuclear safeguards and geophysical monitoring. We have a long track record of successful projects tailored to the specific needs of our customers. Typical AWST projects include:
- Complete software development projects, from requirements analysis to design, implementation, testing, maintenance and sustainment.
- Configuration management and maintenance of development and test platforms for complex software systems.
- Documentation of new and existing software systems; systematic review and improvement of legacy software documentation.
- System administration services and IT consulting.
- Data Centre support.
Company History
1997 |
AWST is founded as a wholly-owned subsidiary of US government contractor Leidos (formerly SAIC) with 2 US expatriate staff. |
1998 |
AWST moves to new offices at Mariahilfer Strasse 47 in central Vienna; staff increased to 3. |
1999 |
J. Wüster takes over as Managing Director following the retirement of founding MD D. Rundquist. |
2000 |
AWST breaks even financially for the first time. |
2002 |
SAIC/Leidos ceases to be a majority shareholder in AWST and sells the majority of shares in AWST to employees J. Wüster and A. Boresch. |
2004 |
An employee ownership model is created allowing AWST staff to buy shares in AWST through a holding company. AWST has grown to a staff of 8 and a revenue of 1.2 MEUR. |
2007 |
Computer infrastructure overhauled and offices renovated. AWST has grown to a staff of 14 and a revenue of 1.7 MEUR. |
2010 |
AWST starts its first project for the European Space Agency (ESA). |
2012 |
AWST starts a collaboration with TU Wien, GEO and contributes in a system engineering role to ESA’s Climate Change Initiative (CCI). |
2014 |
AWST becomes a partner of EODC and supports the construction of the new Earth Observation data center in Vienna. |
2015 |
AWST becomes a partner of the international Polar View consortium and develops the Polar Thematic Exploitation Plattform. |
2017 |
Polar TEP starts operations and is further developed. |
2019 |
AWST starts the QA4SM Validation Service for global soil moisture data together with TU Wien and EODC. |
2023 |
Leidos sells its remaining share in AWST and ends its role as AWST shareholder after a good 25 years. |