Collier Trophy > Collier 2000-2007 Winners

2008
THE COMMERCIAL AVIATION SAFETY TEAM
For achieving an unprecedented safety level in U.S. commercial airline operations by reducing risk of a fatal airline accident by 83 percent, resulting in two consecutive years of no commercial scheduled airline fatalities.
 
2007
THE AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE-BROADCAST (ADS-B) TEAM OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR GROUPS
for conceptualizing, developing, and initially implementing the next generation performance-based air-ground, ground-air, and air-air surveillance system.
 

2006
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, THE BOEING COMPANY, PRATT & WHITNEY, NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION, RAYTHEON CORPORATION, BAE SYSTEMS and the UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
for designing, testing, and operating the revolutionary F-22 Raptor, providing total air dominance for America’s future.

2005
ECLIPSE AVIATION
for innovation in the advancement of general aviation through the design, development and manufacture of the Eclipse 500, the World’s first very light jet.

2004
PAUL ALLEN, BURT RUTAN, DOUG SHANE, MIKE MELVILL, BRIAN BINNIE and the entire SPACESHIP ONE TEAM
for the successful development of the first privately financed, built and flown space vehicle.

2003
The GULFSTREAM G550 TEAM
for leading edge achievement in designing, testing and building an innovative aircraft while incorporating measurable safety enhancements and far-reaching advances in aerospace technology.

2002
SKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION and the S-92 INDUSTRY TEAM
for designing, manufacturing, testing and introducing into service the S-92 Helicopter, which raised “across-the-board” standards for rotary wing air travel.

2001
PRATT & WHITNEY, ROLLS-ROYCE, LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION, BAE SYSTEMS AND THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER PROGRAM OFFICE
For designing, developing, and demonstrating the Integrated LiftFan Propulsion System, the next generation in aviation propulsion performance, efficiency and safety.

2000
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION, ROLLS-ROYCE, RAYTHEON COMPANY, L-3 COMMUNICATIONS, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, AND DARPA
For designing, building, testing, and operating Global Hawk, the first fully autonomous, operationally demonstrated, and most capable surveillance and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle in the world.