Top Aerospace and Defense Programs and Leaders Honored at Aviation
Week 2012 Program Excellence Awards Ceremony
PHOENIX, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Aviation Week
announced the winners of the 2012 Program Excellence Awards,
identifying five top-performing aerospace and defense (A&D)
programs at SAIC, Boeing, BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, and
Bell Boeing as the leaders in their
fields. As the industry's greatest honor for strong program
performers with innovative concepts, technologies and process
enhancements, the awards were announced at a dinner on Nov. 7 during the Aviation Week A&D Programs
Conference in Phoenix.
Winners were selected based on a multi-tiered evaluation by
program-leadership experts who judged value, leadership,
performance and other criteria. For more on program narratives and
entries, visit http://www.aviationweek.com/programexcellence.
This year, there were 24 qualifying programs and 26 final
nominations. Finalists and winners were selected in seven
categories, resulting in seven finalists and seven winners.
2012 Program Excellence Winners:
- Sub-SystemLevel Research & Development/SDD – SAIC
Third Generation Infra-Red System/Commercially Hosted Infrared
Program (3GIRS/CHIRP), Thomas D.
Taverney and Doug Loverro,
USAF Space & Missile Systems Center
- Sub-System Level Production – Boeing Reconfigurable
Transportable Consolidated Automated Support Systems, Tim Murphy
- Sub-System Level Sustainment, BAE Systems F-16 Automated
Test Systems, John Kesser
- System-Level Research & Development/SDD – Lockheed
Martin K-MAX Cargo Unmanned Aerial System, Kevin Petrosky and Curt
Eschbaugh, Lockheed Martin
- System-Level Production – Lockheed Martin MH-60 R&S
Multi-Year 1 Contract, Tim Hale,
Steve Barrett, Lou Neira, Lockheed Martin
- System-Level Sustainment – Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey,
John G. Rader and Victor Tobin, Bell-Boeing Joint Office and USMC Col
Greg Masiello
- Other (Complex Programs and Projects) – Boeing Intelsat
4-Pack, Michael Neuman, Boeing and
Jean-Luc Froeliger, Intelsat
"The Program Excellence Awards not only recognize best in class
program management, but they also serve to benchmark and promote
innovation within program performance across the A&D industry,"
said Greg Hamilton, president
of Aviation Week. "Leaders are identifying lessons learned and best
practices in their fields, with a focus on accurate assessment, the
ability to rework direction, and execution with speed to drive out
cost. We are pleased to present these awards to this year's
winners."
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 included in the November
26 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology.
The Program Excellence Awards are supported by BAE Systems,
Boeing, Honeywell Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman,
Rockwell Collins, Defense Acquisition University, NASA and
Strategic Leadership.
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SOURCE Aviation Week