Top Aerospace and Defense Programs and Leaders Honored at Aviation Week Program Excellence Awards Ceremony

PHOENIX, Nov. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Aviation Week has named the winners of the 2010 Program Excellence Awards, identifying seven aerospace and defense (A&D) programs at Boeing, General Atomics, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon as the leaders in their fields. Sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the awards were announced at a luncheon on Nov. 2 during the Aviation Week A&D Programs Conference in Phoenix.

"These Program Excellence Award winners are accelerating progress and improving program performance across the A&D industry," said Greg Hamilton, president of Aviation Week. "Their outstanding leadership and creative innovations have been applied to solving society's toughest problems in the face of shrinking budgets and unknown future geopolitical issues."

"Today, our industry is faced with managing significantly diverse teams, both geographically and culturally," said Anthony L. Velocci, Jr., editor-in-chief of Aviation Week & Space Technology. "Program performance, coupled with exceptional leadership and innovation, separates these programs from the rest. We are pleased to present these awards to honor their accomplishments."

Winners were selected based on value, leadership, performance and other criteria. This year, evaluators considered 67 programs and selected three winning programs and four finalists, as follows.

• Winner, Sub-system Production & Sustainment – Honeywell F-35 Power Thermal Management System, Warren Nechtman, Program Director
• Winner, System Level Production & Sustainment – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Predator B Reaper Program, Michael Cannon, Program Director
• Winner, System Level Research & Development/SDD – Boeing Defense Space & Security/Phantom Works X-51A Scramjet Engine Demonstrator-WaveRider, Joseph Vogel, Director of Hypersonics, and George Thum Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne

• Finalist, Sub-system Production & Sustainment - Northrop Grumman Litening, Craig Boyd, Director-Targeting
• Finalist, System Level Production & Sustainment - Raytheon THULE Upgraded Early Warning Radar Program, Pamela Adams and William Regan, Program Managers
• Finalist, System Level Research & Development/SDD - Lockheed Martin Airborne and Maritime Fixed Station /Joint Tactical Radio System, Mark Norris, Program Manager
• Finalist, System Level Research & Development/SDD - Raytheon Advanced Responsive Tactically Effective Military Imaging Spectrometer, Edward Gussin, Program Manager

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SOURCE Aviation Week