The 1997 Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards finalists have been selected. The winners will be announced at the Le Meridien Montparnasse Hotel on 16 June. See P44/45 for details Air Transport

 

Collins Air Transport division

multi-mode-receiver navigation and landing system

 

AlliedSignal Aerospace Commercial Avionics Systems

enhanced ground-proximity warning system

 

Lear Astronicsautonomous-

landing guidance system

 

 

Business & General Aviation

 

Rockwell AvionicsAVSAT 5000 series

Cessna AircraftCitation X

 

BMW Rolls-RoyceBR700 engine family

Corporate Strategy

 

Cessna Aircraftrebuilding piston-single business

BMW Rolls-Roycedevelopment of BR700 engine family

 

Embraer bringing EMB-145 to market & certification

 

 

Environment

 

Japan Airlines

greenhouse-gas research project

 

Manchester Airport

environmental planning of second runway

 

Lufthansa Technik

certification under EU's new ecology-audit

 

 

Helicopters

 

Eurocopter

EC120

 

Masquito Aircraft

Masquito M58 ultralight

 

 

Infrastructure

 

Luftfartsverket

management of NEAN project

 

Scandinavian Airlines System

implementation of ADS-B

 

Wavionix Software

procedures development software

 

 

Maintenance

 

Richard Wolf

aircraft-engine repair procedure on-wing

 

Fokker Services Flight Services

maintenance service

 

 

Military Aviation

 

Sukhoi Design Bureau

development of Su-37 fighter

 

Antonov Aeronautical Scientific/Technical

development of An-70

 

 

Space & Missiles

 

Northrop Grumman

Integration division lightweight-

 

Electronics & Systems

satellite power module

 

Rafael

development of Python-4 Missile

 

Surrey Satellite Technology

microsatellites

 

 

Systems & Components

 

BFGoodrich Avionics Systems

solid-state electronic standby-instrument system

 

Meggitt Avionics

secondary flight-display system

 

Messier-Bugatti

universal miniature pump for control systems

 

Fatigue Technology

blind-nut-plate fastening system

 

 

Training & Safety

 

Britannia Airways

use of Contran system

 

Aeromedic Innovations

group development of on-board medical kits

 

The Flight Data Company

development of data safety-monitoring systems

 

Serco Aviation Services

aviation-training schemes

Source: Flight International