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.
Air Transport
Collins Air Transport division
multi-mode-receiver navigation and landing system
AlliedSignal Aerospace Commercial Avionics Systems
enhanced ground-proximity warning system
Lear Astronics
autonomous-landing guidance system
Business & General Aviation
Rockwell Avionics
AVSAT 5000 series
Cessna Aircraft
Citation X
BMW Rolls-Royce
BR700 engine family
Corporate Strategy
Cessna Aircraft
rebuilding piston-single business
BMW Rolls-Royce
development of BR700 engine family
Embraerbringing EMB-145 to market & certification
Environment
Japan Airlines
greenhouse-gas research project
Manchester Airport
environmental planning of second runway
Lufthansa Technikcertification 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