Aviation Week Announces Innovation Challenge Finalists

NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Aviation Week has named the finalists of its 2012 Innovation Challenge, recognizing game-changing suppliers for their unique responses to market needs, cost improvements, and positive effects on integration barriers. Finalists will demonstrate their newest technologies, and winners will be announced at the Innovation Challenge Showcase on March 15-16, 2012 in Orlando, FL, an event designed to promote, encourage, and bring to the forefront the most definitive work by suppliers from all tiers and aerospace and defense (A&D) categories.

The Innovation Challenge finalists include:

• Aero Structures: 3D-Metal Forming- Integrated Structures; Aurora Flight Sciences-CH53K Main Rotor Pylon; CSA Engineering, A Moog Company-SoftRide Vibration Isolation System; and Perfect Point EDM, Inc.-Perfect Point e.drill
• Communications: Rockwell Collins- ANT-7000 C-Band Antenna
• Composites: Lord Corp.- Self-Assembling Conductive Mesh for Lightning Strike Protection
• Electronics: Becker Avionics Inc.- DB406/ PDB406; ATGI- HiRAT (Hi-Powered Ram Air Turbine); Infotech Enterprises Ltd.- Explosion Proof Enclosure of PACK CONTROL UNIT of air-conditioning system; Luciol Instruments- LOR-220; Lufthansa Technik- aerosight; PacketDigital LLC- PowerSage Power Management Integrated Circuits; and Sandel Corp.- HeliTAWS
• Other: Clearfix Aerospace- Catalyzed Window Repair System; Hydronalix, Inc.- Hurricane Tracker; and Industrial Technology Research Institute- REDDEX
• Other Process Innovation: AdducentTechnology, Inc.- AeroProbe Electronic Tool Detection System; Delta Sigma Corp.- ProjectionWorks; Elixair International- LTD SkyMill Revolution; and IBM- Digital Information Archiving System for PLM
• Power and Propulsion: AV&R Vision and Robotics- Automated Blade Leading and Trailing Edge Profiling System; and Fraunhofer ILT- Additive BLISK  
• Sensors: Impact Technologies LLC- LUCAS (Lubricant Condition Assessment System); and LOGOS Technologies Inc.- Lightweight Expeditionary Airborne Persistent Surveillance (LEAPS) System
• Service Innovation: Air New Zealand Technical Operations- A320 MLG Retraction Actuator Jack In-Situ Boring and Spotfacing Tool; Jackson Aircraft Weighing Service- Large Jet Scales; Row 44 Inc.- In-flight Broadband Entertainment Platform; and VAS Aero Services LLC- Aviation Parts Outlet
• Software: AGI- Satellite AR; BridgeNet International- VOLANS; CogniSens Inc.- NeuroTracker; and Object Computing Inc.- OpenDDS Model Driven Tool Kit

"Innovation is alive and well in the aerospace and defense industry. There is ground-breaking work happening every day in the lower tiers of the supply chain, within divisions of large companies and in adjacent markets. It's a matter of knowing where to look and challenging the innovators at all levels to engage potential partners and customers in new ways," said Greg Hamilton, president, Aviation Week. "Aviation Week is proud to play a major role by issuing the challenge and making critical connections through the Innovation Challenge."

For more information on Aviation Week's focus on innovation, visit http://aviationweek.com/innovation or attend the Innovation Challenge Showcase on March 15-16, 2012 in Orlando, FL, to view innovative products and solutions from these finalists and others. Winners will also be profiled in Aviation Week & Space Technology, Defense Technology International, and the Aviation Week Innovation Challenge website, http://bit.ly/pzkyf0.

About Aviation Week:

Aviation Week, part of The McGraw-Hill Companies, is the largest multimedia information and services provider to the global aviation, aerospace and defense industries, and includes http://AviationWeek.com, Aviation Week & Space Technology, Defense Technology International, Business & Commercial Aviation, Overhaul & Maintenance, ShowNews, Aviation Daily, Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, The Weekly of Business Aviation, Aviation Week Intelligence Network, and MRO Links. The group also produces major events around the world.

About The McGraw-Hill Companies:
McGraw-Hill is a leading global financial information and education company that helps professionals and students succeed in the Knowledge Economy. Leading brands include Standard & Poor's, S&P Capital IQ, S&P Indices, Platts energy information services and McGraw-Hill Education. With sales of $6.2 billion in 2010, the Corporation has approximately 21,000 employees across more than 280 offices in 40 countries. On September 12, 2011, the Corporation announced its intention to separate into two public companies – McGraw-Hill Markets (working name), primarily focused on global capital and commodities markets and McGraw-Hill Education focused on digital learning and education services worldwide. Additional information is available at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/.

SOURCE Aviation Week

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