AVIATION WEEK Program Excellence Awards Honor Rockwell

Rockwell Selected as Finalist

AVIATION WEEK has named the winners and finalists of its sixth annual 2009 Program Excellence Awards, identifying 14 aerospace and defense (A&D) programs at BAE Systems, Boecore, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Rockwell Collins, and SpaceX as the leaders in their fields.

"These awards recognize programs that excel based on value creation, adapting to complexity, and organizational processes and metrics," said Tom Henricks, president of AVIATION WEEK. "The leading programs this year address the challenging issues facing transportation, space exploration, security and defense at a time when programs and budgets are under intense scrutiny."

"The art of leadership is what differentiates ’okay’ from ’good’ from ’excellent,’" said Anthony L. Velocci, Jr., editor-in-chief of Aviation Week & Space Technology, as he addressed attendees of the Program Excellence Banquet. "The leaders of these top programs paid significant attention to controlling design configurations; managing risks, issues, and opportunities; and integrating a geographically and culturally dispersed supply team. We are pleased to present these awards to honor their game-changing leadership and ability to meet the challenges of increasingly complex programs."

The AVIATION WEEK Program Excellence evaluators considered more than 60 programs before selecting winning programs and finalists  Rockwell finished as a finalist, Sub-System Level Production & Sustainment - Rockwell Collins, Special Operations Solutions, Scott Britten, Program Manager.