finalists
Aeronautics/Propulsion
- Jeff Braun, Director, USAF Alternative Fuels Certification Office.
- John W. Piasecki, President and CEO, Piasecki Aircraft.
- RQ-16 T-Hawk Micro Air Vehicle team members
Commercial Air Transport
- Wolfgang Mayrhuber, CEO, Lufthansa.
- Adel Ali, CEO, Air Arabia.
- Rahul Bhatia, founder, IndiGo
Defense
- U.S. Air Force’s Project Liberty team members
- Scott O’Neil, Executive Director, China Lake Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division.
- NATO team members
- MH-60 Romeo/Sierra team members
- Col. Greg Gonzalez, U.S. Army Project Manager for Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
Space
- International Space Station team members
- Madhavan Nair, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
- NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) team members
General/Business Aviation
- Clayton M. Jones, Chairman, President, and CEO, Rockwell Collins Corp.
- Joseph Clark, Founder, Aviation Partners, Inc.
- Robert Sumwalt, National Transportation Safety Board.
IT/Electronics
- Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Joint High-Powered Solid-State Laser (JHPSSL) program team members
- Capt. Stephen Dickson, SVP, Flight Operations, Delta Air Lines, and Michael Romanowski, Director, NextGen Implementation and Integration Office, FAA.
- Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) team members
MRO
- Timothy S. Gray, Director, 526th Electronic Maintenance Squadron “Generators.”
- John Hamlin, General Manager, Army Fleet Support LLC.
- Declan O'Shea, President and CEO, Vector Aerospace.
- Gary Nenninger, US Army Aviation and Missile Command, Ret., Senior Executive Service.
Workforce
- Ronald D. Sugar, Chairman and CEO, Northrop Grumman Corp.
- Cornerstone Research Group Inc
- Rick Stephens, SVP, Human Resources and Administration, Boeing Co.
Philip Klass Lifetime Achievement
Richard W. Taylor – former Boeing aircraft designer, test pilot, technology leader.
Heroism Award
The crew of US Airways 1549.
