Penton's Aviation Week Announces Winners of Aerospace & Defense Awards

PHOENIX, Nov. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Penton's Aviation Week has named the winners of the 2014 Program Excellence Awards, identifying seven top-performing aerospace and defense (A&D) programs as the leaders in their fields.  As the industry's preeminent honor for strong program performers with innovative ideas, technologies and process improvements, the awards were announced at a gala dinner on November 19, during Aviation Week's Aerospace & Defense Programs Conference in Litchfield Park, AZ.

"On behalf of our team at Aviation Week, I salute these program teams for their commitment to innovation, their solid performance, and their demonstration of leadership – all accomplished with attention to cost, schedule, requirements and reliability," said Greg Hamilton, President, Aviation Week.

Winners were selected based on a multi-tiered evaluation by program-leadership experts who judged value, leadership, performance and other criteria.  This year's Program Excellence winners included:

• Special Projects: Lockheed Martin IRIS - The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, Gary Kushner
• Sub-System R&D/SDD: Aerojet Rocketdyne J-2X Engine Program, Ken Hunt
• Sub-System Production: Boeing A-10 Wing Replacement Program, Michael D. Jones
• Sub-System Sustainment: Rockwell Collins 767 Large Display System, Scott M. Pfeiler
• System Level R&D/SDD: Lockheed Martin Integrated Strategic Planning and Analysis Network, Architecture and Integration, Jay Cappellano
• System Level Production: NASA Space Launch System, Todd A. May
• System Level Sustainment: Lockheed Martin Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS), James P. Derr

In addition to recognizing finalists and winners, the Program Excellence Awards judging identifies best practices and lessons to be shared across the industry through webinars, forums and conferences. A full list of winners, finalists, best practices and photos will be featured in Aviation Week & Space Technology.

To learn more about Aviation Week's Aerospace & Defense Programs Conference and other Aviation Week events, visit http://www.aviationweek.com/events/.  On Twitter, follow @avweekevents.

Program Excellence sponsors include BAE Systems, Boeing, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Rockwell Collins.

About Aviation Week
Aviation Week, a division of Penton, is the largest multimedia information and services provider for the global aviation, aerospace and defense industries. Industry professionals rely on Aviation Week for analysis, marketing and intelligence. Customers include the world's leading manufacturers, suppliers, airlines, business aviation operators, militaries, governments and other organizations that serve this global market. The product portfolio includes Aviation Week & Space Technology, AC-U-KWIK, Aircraft Blue Book, Airportdata.com, Air Charter Guide, Air Transport World, AviationWeek.com, Aviation Week Intelligence Network, Business & Commercial Aviation, ShowNews, SpeedNews, Fleet and MRO forecasts, global maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) tradeshows and aerospace & defense conferences.

About Penton
Penton drives performance for more than sixteen million professionals each and every day. They rely on us to deliver: Insights, information & workflow tools to inform critical business decisions; networking & community to engage them with industry peers & partners; and data & marketing services to advance their business performance & deliver ROI.

Penton is a growth company with a track-record of strong performance and success and is backed by its co-owners: MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP.

For additional information on the company and its businesses, visit www.penton.com.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Meredith Fortunato
Marketing Communications Manager
Aviation Week
347.392.8822
[email protected]

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