Aviation Week Laureate Awards 2012

The Aviation Week Laureate Awards recognize individuals and teams for their extraordinary accomplishments.  Their achievements embody the spirit of exploration, innovation, vision or any combination of these attributes that inspire others to strive for significant, broad-reaching progress in aviation and aerospace.

2012 Laureate Awards will be presented in each of the following categories:

• Aeronautics/Propulsion
• Business/General Aviation
• Commercial Air Transport
• Defense
• IT/Electronics
• MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul)
• Space
• Workforce
• The Philip J. Klass Award for Lifetime Achievement
• Aviation Week Heroism Award

In addition, Aviation Week will present the Tomorrow’s Leaders Award.  This award honors the young men and women who have chosen career paths in the armed forces: graduates from the US Naval Academy, US Coast Guard Academy, US Air Force Academy and the US Military Academy.

The 2012 Laureate Awards will be presented at a black-tie dinner in Washington DC at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on March 7, 2012. With the exception of the Lifetime Achievement category, all Laureate awards will be based on accomplishments in 2011.