About Aviation Week Network's Laureates Awards

The Laureates Awards has 4 major categories:  BUSINESS AVIATION; COMMERCIAL; DEFENSE; AND SPACE.  

In each of these categories – there are several sub-categories that you may choose to enter.  

• After you chose your major category, you will then choose a sub-category applicable to your nomination.  (i.e. you nominate XYZ program for the major category of Commercial in the sub-category of Propulsion).
• You may submit up to three (3) different nominations in different categories (Note:  you may not submit the same nomination in multiple major categories.  (i.e. you nominate XYZ program for the sub-category of Propulsion in the Commercial, Defense and Business Aviation categories)·      
• The Philip J. Klass Award for Lifetime Achievement honors an individual(s) whose distinguished career and contributions have sought to expand the boundaries of innovation, perception and wisdom.  Recipients of the award will show exemplary commitments to the industry and demonstrated innovative and visionary leadership. 

Things to consider when nominating:

A strong nomination will clearly identify how the nominee’s work embodies:

• Collaboration
• Innovation
• Contribution
• Impact 

Review of Nominations:

• All nominations will be reviewed by the Aviation Week Network Editorial Committee.
• The Committee will discard nominations that replicate entries from the same teams/ company programs/product.
• The Committee will go through a pre-selection, reviewing and ranking each nomination and advancing the winners for each Major Category/Sub-Category

(Note: The Editorial Committee may elect to move nominations from one sub-category to another; from one major Category to another if better suited to that category.)