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AVIATION WEEK Awards

Laureate Awards

Recognize exceptional strategy, heroism and leadership in aviation, aerospace and defense.

  2008 Laureate Award Winners

MRO Awards

Outstanding Achievement Awards

Overhaul & Maintenance (O&M) and AVIATION WEEK will present the O&M Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Aviation Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul during the MRO Conference and Exhibition each April. The O&M Awards honor managers or executives who have improved the efficiency, profitability, reliability and/or safety of their company's MRO operations, or of aviation MRO generally.

  2008 Outstanding Achievement Award Winners

  Nominate someone for the 2009 Outstanding Achievement Awards

Best Asia/Pacific Airline MRO Operation and Independent MRO Operation Awards

Intended to recognize companies operating in the Asia-Pacific region for excellence in aviation/aerospace aftermarket operations.

  2007 Best Asia/Pacific MRO Award Winners

Best European Airline MRO Operation and Independent MRO Operation Awards

The MRO Europe Awards program, in conjunction AVIATION WEEK Conferences & Exhibitions, is intended to recognize companies operating in Europe for excellence in aviation/aerospace aftermarket operations.

  2007 Best European Award Winners

Top Performing Companies (TPC) Award Program

Aviation Week & Space Technology's annual rankings issue of Top-Performing Companies honors and recognizes the top companies demonstrating exceptional strategic and operational excellence in their respective peer group.

These highly-anticipated rankings are based on a proprietary methodology, using four key performance measures developed by AVIATION WEEK in collaboration with partners in the aerospace/defense industry. The rankings and detailed analysis examine, in the context of broad industry trends, companies¹ performance within their peer groups.

The four peer-groups are defined by total revenue; >$5B, $1-$5B, $250M-$1B, $250M. The total score in each peer group will rank the Top-Performing Companies. The score is compiled from four performance categories including:

The score is compiled from four performance categories including:

      * Return on Invested Capital

      * Earnings Momentum

      * Asset Management

      * Financial Health

  2008 Top Performing Companies Award Winners

The L. Welch Pogue Award for Lifetime Achievement in Aviation

The L. Welch Pogue Award, first presented in 1994, was awarded to L. Welch Pogue, a former Chairman of the Civil Aviation Board and a US Delegate at the Chicago Convention, which created the legal blueprint for post-WWII expansion of commercial aviation. The Chicago Convention remains the legal and regulatory basis for the conduct of international aviation. In a tribute to the achievements of Pogue and his colleagues, AVIATION WEEK presents the L. Welch Pogue award to an individual considered a visionary and a preeminent leader of contemporary aviation.

  2008 L. Welch Pogue Award Winner

Program Excellence Awards

Recognize innovation and leadership in managing the industry's top programs. Established by AVIATION WEEK in partnership with leading companies, NASA and Defense Acquisition University, submissions are based on more than cost, schedule and meeting requirement - reaching into programs to assess performance on the fundamentals of quality leadership.

  2008 Program Excellence Winners