finalists
AERONAUTICS / PROPULSION
- X-51A Waverider Hypersonic Vehicle Team
- Charles F. Brink, X-51A program manager, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Propulsion Directorate, Wright Patterson AFB
- George Thum, X-51A program manager, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
- Joseph Vogel, X-51A program manager, Boeing Phantom Works
- Sustained Solar-Powered Flight
- Andre Borschberg, CEO, Solar Impulse
- QinetiQ Group plc Zephyr Solar-Powered Unmanned Aircraft Team
- Chris Kelleher, chief designer
- John Saltmarsh, program director
- Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. X2 Technology Demonstrator Team
- Steve Cizewski, program manager
BUSINESS / GENERAL AVIATION
- Brian Delauter, general aviation general manager, Transportation Security Administration
- Randall Greene, chairman, president and CEO, Safe Flight Instrument Corp.
- Marianne Stevenson and Robin Eissler, for leading Corporate Aviation Responding in Emergencies (now called AERObridge), an all-volunteer relief organization formed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and more recently helping in a far-flung industry-wide response to the Haitian disaster by coordinating scores of business aircraft and thousands of volunteers to deliver tons of medical and other supplies.
COMMERCIAL AIR TRANSPORT
- Tim Clark, president, Emirates Airline
- Jim French, chairman and CEO, Flybe
- Klaus Heinemann, CEO, AerCap Holdings N.V.
- Robert A. Morin, vice president, Transportation Division, Export-Import Bank of the United States
DEFENSE/GOVERNMENT
- Airborne Laser Team
- U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert McMurry, program manager, Missile Defense Agency
- Mitchell Ray, test operations lead, Boeing Co.
- Stephen Headrick, beam control/fire control integration and test lead, Lockheed Martin Corp.
- Andrew Grove, laser integration and test deputy lead, Northrop Grumman Corp
- Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) Program
Team
- Col. Cordell DeLaPena, director, Aerial Networking Division, U.S. Air Force Electronic Systems Center
- Claude Hashem, vice president and general manager, Network Communications Systems, Northrop Grumman Information Systems
- Iron Dome Program
Team
- Yossi Drucker, director, air-to-air, Air Defense Directorate, Rafael
- Uzi Zuckerman, Iron Dome program manager, Air Defense Directorate, Rafael
- U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael C. Kostelnik (Ret.), assistant commissioner, Office of Air and Marine, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
IT/ELECTRONICS
- Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System
Team
- Edward Griffin, program manager, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
- Donald Swihart, program manager, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
- Paul Robinson, founder and president, AeroTech Research Inc.
- Darpa-Northrop Grumman Terahertz Electronics Team
- Dr. John Albrecht, Terahertz Electronics Program Manager, Microsystems Technology Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- William Deal, Terahertz Electronics Program Manager, Northrop Grumman Corp.
- Richard Lai, Product Engineering Manager Northrop Grumman Corp.
- Mark Rosker, Deputy Director Microsystems Technology Office Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
MRO (MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND OVERHAUL)
- Col. Douglas C. Cato, commander, U.S. Air Force 76th Aircraft Maintenance Group
- Capt. Andrew Hartigan, Program Manager Air - 273, Naval Air Systems Command
- David Mann, director, 572nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, U.S. Air Force
- Tim Sassenrath, director, Apache World Wide Support, Boeing Co.
SPACE
- Junichiro Kawaguchi, Hayabusa project manager, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Proton Launch Vehicle Ramp Up Team
- Frank McKenna, president, International Launch Services
- Vladimir Nesterov, general director, Khrunichev Space Center
- Radar Imaging Commercialization
- Vark Helfritz, Managing Director, Infoterra GmbH
- John Hornsby, president, MDA Geospatial Services Inc.
- Marcello Maranesi, CEO, e-GEOS
WORKFORCE
- Wanda Austin, CEO, Aerospace Corp.
- Paul Graziani, CEO, Analytical Graphics Inc.
- Rick Stephens, senior vice president, human resources and administration, Boeing Co.
PHILIP J. KLASS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- Tom Cassidy, retired President of the Aircraft Systems Group of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., and Abraham Karem, founder of Karem Aircraft Inc.
HEROISM
- Capt. Daniel Aufdenblatten, Air Zermatt, and Richard Lehner, mountain guide
TOMORROW'S LEADERS
Aviation Week will also present the Tomorrow’s Leaders Award
- US Naval Academy: Midshipman 1/C Nicholas Connor Dunn
- US Coast Guard Academy: 1/C Jordan Kellam
- US Air Force Academy: Cadet 1/C Gregory Eslinger
- US Military Academy: Cadet Matthew Craig Belanger
