Howard Hughes Award
The Howard Hughes Award is given for an outstanding improvement in fundamental helicopter technology brought to fruition during the preceding year. The award is intended to foster accomplishments in the basic science and technology disciplines of the vertical flight community, such as aerodynamics, dynamics, structures, propulsion, human factors, electronics, simulation, testing and systems integration. The award was established in 1977 by Hughes Helicopters to honor the memory of Howard Hughes and his pioneering accomplishments in aviation.
Award winners
2012 - Eurocopter X3 Team
2011 - Sikorsky X2 Technology Demonstrator Team
2010 - AH-64D Apache Block III Development Team including members of the U.S. Army, the Boeing Company, and Northstar Aerospace Corporation.
2009 - Smart Rotor Team
2008 - U.S. Army Network Centric Operations (NCO) Technology Development Team, consisting of the US Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD), AMRDEC Aviation Systems Integration Facility (ASIF), The Boeing Company and Rockwell Collins.
2007 - Army/NASA/Bell QTR Aeroelastic Test Team
2006 - Sikorsky Rotor Ice Protection System (RIPS) Development Team
2005 - The Sikorsky Active Vibration Control Team
2004 - Higher Harmonic Control Aeroacoustic Rotor (HART II) Test and Analysis Team
2003 - The Sikorsky S-92 Flaw Tolerance Design and Test Team
2002 - The NASA Tiltrotor Aeronautics Code (TRAC) System Development Team
2001 - The Sikorsky/Honeywell S-76 Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) Team
2000 - No Award Presented
1999 - Dennis P. McGuire
1998 - The Japan OHX Engineering Team
1997 - US Army/Boeing/Sikorsky Comanche Team
1996 - Advanced Technologies Inc.
1995 - The Sikorsky Aircraft Advanced Growth Blade Team
1994 - U.S. Army Special Operations Helicopter Design and Development Team
1993 - AATD D/NAPS Team
1992 - Boeing-Sikorsky Fantail Team
1991 - Dr. W.J. McCroskey
1990 - Alan E. Staple and Stephen P. King
1989 - AHS/NASA Rotorcraft Noise Reduction Team
1988 - Boeing Helicopters 360 Team
1987 - McDonnell Douglas NOTAR Team
1986 - Dennis R. Halwes
1985 - Michael E. Tauber
1984 - Tommie L. Wood and Donald L. Bloom
1983 - Dr. C. Eugene Hammond
1982 - Dr. Fredric H. Schmitz
1981 - Robert A. Ormiston
1980 - Leone U. Dadone
1979 - Anton J. Landgrebe
1978 - John F. Ward