Winners Announced for Aviation Week’s 21st Program Excellence Awards

Aviation Week by Informa and its Program Excellence Evaluation Team have announced the nine winners of the 2026 Program Excellence Awards

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, March 18, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- EMBARGOED UNTIL 9 p.m., March 18, 2026

Winners Announced for Aviation Week’s 21st Program Excellence Awards

Washington, March 18, 2026 – Aviation Week by Informa and its Program Excellence Evaluation Team have announced the nine winners of the 2026 Program Excellence Awards. The winners were named and the finalists were honored during the 21st Program Excellence Dinner and Awards Ceremony tonight at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.

The Program Excellence Awards categories are OEM System Design and Development, OEM System Production, OEM System Sustainment, Supplier System Design and Development, Supplier System Production, Supplier System Sustainment, Special Projects, Airline Projects, and New Entrants.

“Selecting the winners from the very impressive list of Program Excellence Awards finalists was no easy task. The winners, and all of the finalists were selected by their industry peers and represent the best of the best in aerospace from around the globe,” said Joe Anselmo, editorial director and editor-in-chief for Aviation Week. “It was an honor to recognize them this evening.”

The Program Excellence Diamond Sponsor is Dassault Systèmes. Gold Sponsors are Elbit Systems of America, Embraer, General Atomics Aeronautical, Honeywell Aerospace, and RTX, with ITT Aerospace serving as the Silver Sponsor. The Program Excellence Evaluation Team is Dassault Aviation, DAU, Elbit Systems of America, Embraer, General Atomics Aeronautical, Honeywell Aerospace, ITT Aerospace, and RTX.

The 2026 Program Excellence Awards winners by category are:

OEM System Design and Development
LTAMDS Program – Raytheon

OEM System Production
E-Freighter Program – Embraer

OEM System Sustainment
Japan COCO Program – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems

Supplier System Design and Development
MXU-1072A Program – KIHOMAC

Supplier System Production
Silent Knight Radar – Raytheon

Supplier System Sustainment
Honeywell Avionics E190 Embraer Freighter Aircraft

Special Projects
UK Protector UAS – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems

Airline Projects
Calibrate Program – United Airlines

New Entrants
Talon A Program – Stratolaunch

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