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NAA announces 2018 Collier Trophy finalists

By General Aviation News Staff · February 9, 2019 ·

The National Aeronautic Association has named the 11 aviation and space achievements will compete for the 2018 Robert J. Collier Trophy. While heavily military and commercial aviation, the impact of the technology will no doubt trickle down – eventually – to general and business aviation.

The 2018 Nominees are:

Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (AGCAS)

Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (AGCAS)
Automatic Ground-Collision Avoidance. Image courtesy of Lockheed Martin via aviationtoday.com.

Bell V-280 Valor

Bell V-280 Valor
Image courtesy Bell.

Boeing T-X

Boeing T-X
Boeing T-X. Photo courtesy Boeing.

Draken International Contracted Close Air Support & Adversary Air Services in Support of Combat Readiness Training

Drakken International
Photo courtesy Drakken International.

Embraer E190-E2

Embraer E190-E2
The E190-E2 prototype at the 2016 Farnborough Airshow. Photo by Alan Edwards from Chessington, UK via .

F-35 Integrated Test Force

Lockheed Martin F-35 Integrated Task Force
F-35 flies off a ski jump. Image courtesy Lockheed Martin.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. Integration of Large UAS into Civil and International Airspace

General Atomics Predator XP RPA
General Atomics Predator XP RPA. Image courtesy General Atomics.

NASA/JPL Mars Cube One (MarCO) Project Team

Mars Cube One (MarCO) spacecraft
Mars Cube One (MarCO) spacecraft. Image courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Perlan Project

Virgin Galactic SpaceShip Two Program

VMS Eve and VSS Unity taking to the skies. Image courtesy Virgin Galactic.

Responsive Environmental Assessment Commercially Hosted (REACH) Project

“Each year the Collier nominations show the extent of innovative work being done across the aviation and aerospace industry,” said Greg Principato, President & CEO, NAA. “This year is no exception. It is an exciting time for aviation in the United States, and we look forward to a challenging and rewarding Collier selection process.”

For 107 years, the Collier Trophy has been the benchmark of aerospace achievement. Awarded annually “… for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America,” it has been bestowed upon some of the most important projects, programs, individuals, and accomplishments in history.

Past winners include the crews of Apollo 11 and Apollo 8, the Mercury 7, Scott Crossfield, Elmer Sperry, Howard Hughes, and Orville Wright.  Projects and programs which have been the recipient of the Collier include the B-52, the Boeing 747, the Cessna Citation, the F-22, and the International Space Station.  The five most recent recipients of the Collier Trophy are the Cirrus Aircraft Vision Jet; the Blue Origin New Shepard Team; the NASA/JPL Dawn Mission Team; the Gulfstream G650; and the Northrop Grumman, US Navy, and X-47B Industry Team.

The Collier Trophy Selection Committee will meet on April 4, 2019 in Arlington, Virginia, and the recipient will be announced publicly the following day.

The formal presentation of the Collier Trophy will take place on June 13, 2019 at a location to be determined.

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  1. Saundra Wilson says

    February 11, 2019 at 12:02 pm

    Slick Baum is my Nephew. So proud of him

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