Collier Trophy

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Herbert Hoover presents the 1929 Collier Trophy to NACA Chairman Joseph Ames for the NACA cowling

The Robert J. Collier Trophy is awarded annually "for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency, and safety of air or space vehicles, the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by actual use during the preceding year."

The Collier Trophy is administered by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) the oldest national aviation organization in the United States. Founded in 1905, the NAA oversees America's oldest and most prestigious aviation and aerospace recognitions. The Collier Trophy is the most coveted of all.

Robert J. Collier, publisher of Collier's Weekly magazine, was an air sports pioneer and president of the Aero Club of America.<ref name="NAA Robert J. Collier Trophy">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1910, he commissioned Baltimore sculptor Ernest Wise Keyser to make the Template:Convert Aero Club of America Trophy.<ref name="NAA Robert J. Collier Trophy" /><ref name="collier11" /> It was first awarded in 1911 to Glenn H. Curtiss for his successful development of the hydro-aeroplane.<ref name="collier11" /> Collier presented his namesake trophy several times before his death in 1918.

The award is presented once a year by the NAA president, with the trophy on permanent display at the National Air and Space Museum.<ref name="NAA Robert J. Collier Trophy" />

The trophy was stolen briefly in 1978, but was recovered.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The thieves left it at Fort Foote park and it was recovered 26 hours from the time it went missing.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Recipients

• 1911 – Glenn H. Curtiss, for successful development of the hydro-aeroplane.<ref name=collier11>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="The Curtiss Company">"The Curtiss Company." US Centennial of Flight Commemoration, 2003. Retrieved: January 28, 2011.</ref> The first award.<ref name="collier-1911-1919-winners">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1912 – Glenn H. Curtiss, for the invention of the single-pontoon seaplane and development of the flying boat.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1911-1919-winners" />
• 1913 – Orville Wright, for development of his automatic stabilizer.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1911-1919-winners" />
• 1914 – Elmer Sperry and Lawrence Sperry, for the invention of gyroscopic control.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1911-1919-winners" />
• 1915 – W. Starling Burgess, for the Burgess-Dunne BD series of semi-flying wing seaplanes.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1911-1919-winners" />
• 1916 – Elmer Sperry and Lawrence Sperry for the invention of a drift indicator<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1911-1919-winners" />
• 1917–1920 – No trophy awarded due to the war<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1921 – Grover Loening, for development of the Loening Flying Yacht.<ref name="FlyingAug1976">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1920-1929-winners" />
• 1922 – United States Air Mail Service, for the first transcontinental air mail route without a single fatal accident.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1920-1929-winners" /><ref name="U.S. Air Mail" />
• 1923 – United States Air Mail Service, for the first transcontinental air mail route involving night flight.<ref name="U.S. Air Mail">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1920-1929-winners" />
• 1924 – United States Army Air Service, for first aerial flight around the world.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1920-1929-winners">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1925 – Sylvanus Albert Reed, for the metal propeller.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="collier-1920-1929-winners" />
• 1926 – Major Edward L. Hoffman of the United States Army Air Service for the development of a practical parachute.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Google Book">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="collier-1920-1929-winners" />
• 1927 – Charles L. Lawrance, for the development of the air-cooled aircraft radial engine.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1920-1929-winners" />
• 1928 – Aeronautics branch of the United States Department of Commerce for development of airways and navigation facilities.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1920-1929-winners" />
• 1929 – National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), for design of the NACA cowling for radial air-cooled engines.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1920-1929-winners" />

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1930 Collier Trophy for Pitcairn's autogyro

• 1930 – Harold Frederick Pitcairn and associates for development of the autogyro.<ref>"A History of Collier Trophy Fails – 1930" Flying (magazine), 2012</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1930-1939-winners">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1931 – Packard Motor Car Co. for the design/development of the first, practical diesel aircraft engine, the DR-980 radial engine.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1932 – Glenn L. Martin for the design of the Martin B-10 (XB-907) bomber.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1930-1939-winners" />
• 1933 – Frank W. Caldwell of Hamilton Standard for the hydraulically controllable propeller.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1930-1939-winners" />
• 1934 – Captain A. F. Hegenberger USAAC for the first blind flying landing system.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1930-1939-winners" />
• 1935 – Donald W. Douglas and his technical and production personnel for the outstanding twin-engine transport airliner.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1930-1939-winners" />
• 1936 – Pan American Airways for establishment of a transpacific airline and the successful execution of extended overwater navigation in regular operations.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1930-1939-winners" />
• 1937 – Army Air Corps for the design and development of the Lockheed XC-35.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1930-1939-winners" />
• 1938 – Howard Hughes and his associates for breaking the record time by flying around the world in 91 hours and 14 minutes.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1930-1939-winners" />
• 1939 – Airlines of the US safety record, with special recognition to Walter Boothby, Randolph Lovelace, and Harry Armstrong.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1930-1939-winners" />
• 1940 – Dr. Sanford A. Moss and the Army Air Corps for development of the turbo-supercharger.<ref name="collier-1940-1949-winners">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1941 – Army Air Corps and the Airlines of the US for pioneering worldwide air transportation vital to immediate defense.<ref name="collier-1940-1949-winners" />
• 1942 – General Henry Arnold for his "organization and leadership of the Army Air Forces throughout the world."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1940-1949-winners" />
• 1943 – Captain Luis de Florez, United States Navy Reserve for his contribution to the safe and rapid training of combat pilots and crews.<ref name="collier-1940-1949-winners" />
• 1944 – Carl Spaatz "for demonstrating the air power concept through employment of American aviation in the war against Germany."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1945 – Luis W. Alvarez for the Ground Controlled Approach (GCA) which allowed radar operators to guide pilots to a safe landing in all weather conditions.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1940-1949-winners" />
• 1946 – Lewis A. Rodert of NACA, for the design and development of an aircraft anti-icing system.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1940-1949-winners" />
• 1947 – Lawrence Bell, John Stack, Chuck Yeager shared the award for their work on the Bell X-1, the first aircraft to break the sound barrier.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1940-1949-winners" />
• 1948 – The Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics for developing an air traffic control system.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1940-1949-winners" />
• 1949 – William Lear for the development of the F-5 automatic pilot and automatic approach control coupler system.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1940-1949-winners" />
• 1950 – The Helicopter Industry, the Military Services, and the Coast Guard – for development and use of rotary-wing aircraft for air rescue operations.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1950-1959-winners">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1951 – John Stack for the NACA Langley transonic wind tunnel.<ref name="collier-1950-1959-winners" />
• 1952 – Leonard S. Hobbs of United Aircraft Corp., for the design, development, and production of the Pratt & Whitney J57 jet engine.<ref name="collier-1950-1959-winners" />
• 1953 – James H. Kindelberger for North American Aviation's F-100 and Edward H. Heinemann for Douglas aircraft carrier based F4D.<ref name="collier-1950-1959-winners" />
• 1954 – Richard T. Whitcomb for his discovery of the area rule, a design method for supersonic aircraft.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1950-1959-winners" />
• 1955 – Boeing's William M. Allen and General Nathan F. Twining USAF for the development, production, and operation of the B-52.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1950-1959-winners" />
• 1956 – Charles J. McCarthy of Chance-Vaught Aircraft and Vice Admiral James S. Russell U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics for the F-8U Crusader the first operational aircraft capable of speeds exceeding Template:Convert.<ref name="collier-1950-1959-winners" />
• 1957 – Edward P. Curtis for "Aviation Facilities Planning", the long-range planning addressing problems with aircraft, air space, and facilities.<ref name="collier-1950-1959-winners" />
• 1958 – Clarence "Kelly" Johnson of Lockheed Skunk Works, and Gerhard Neumann and Neil Burgess of GE, for leadership in the development of the F-104 Starfighter and its J79 engine.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1950-1959-winners" />
• 1959 – US Air Force, Convair Division of General Dynamics, and Space Technology Laboratories for the development of the Atlas missile<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1950-1959-winners" />
• 1960 – Vice Adm William F Raborn for directing the creation of the Polaris fleet ballistic missile system.<ref name="collier-1960-1969-winners">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1961 – North American Aviation with Scott Crossfield, Joseph A. Walker, Robert Michael White and Forrest S. Petersen, X-15 test pilots.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1960-1969-winners" />
• 1962 – Mercury Seven, group of first seven astronauts.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1960-1969-winners" />
• 1963 – Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, for his leadership at Lockheed's Skunk Works in the development of the A-12 Mach 3 aircraft.<ref name="collier-1960-1969-winners" />
• 1964 – Curtis LeMay "for development of high performance aircraft, missiles and space systems."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="CollierRecipients1960s" /><ref name="collier-1960-1969-winners" />
• 1965 – James E. Webb and Hugh L. Dryden for the Project Gemini.<ref name="collier-1960-1969-winners" />
• 1966 – James McDonnell for development work in aeronautics and astronautics, specifically on the F-4 Phantom and Project Gemini space vehicles.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1960-1969-winners" />
• 1967 – Lawrence "Pat" Hyland of Hughes Aircraft's Surveyor program for placing the eyes, ears & hand of the United States on the Moon.<ref name="collier-1960-1969-winners" />
• 1968 – Apollo 8 crew: Col. Frank Borman, USAF; Capt. James A. Lovell Jr., USN; Lt. Col. William A. Anders, USAF for the first lunar orbit.<ref name="CollierRecipients1960s">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1969 – Apollo 11 crew: Neil A. Armstrong, COL. Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., USAF; COL. Michael Collins, USAF for the first landing of man on the surface of the Moon, July 20, 1969.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="collier-1960-1969-winners" />
• 1970 – The Boeing Company for their introduction of the Boeing 747.<ref name="CollierRecipients1970s">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1971 – David Scott, James Irwin, Alfred Worden, and Robert Gilruth of the Apollo 15 mission.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="CollierRecipients1970s" />
• 1972 – The Officers and Men of the 7th Air Force and 8th Air Force of the United States Air Force and Task Force 77 of the United States Navy for Operation Linebacker II.<ref>"A History of Collier Trophy Fails – 1972" Flying (magazine), 2012</ref><ref name="CollierRecipients1970s" />
• 1973 – William C. Schneider and crews of the Skylab program<ref name="CollierRecipients1970s" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1974 – John F. Clark of NASA and Daniel J. Fink of GE, representing NASA's Earth Resources Technology Satellite Program, LANDSAT for mankind's management of the Earth's resources and with recognition to Hughes Aircraft Company and RCA.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1975 – David S. Lewis Jr. of General Dynamics Corporation and the F-16 Air Force Industry Team.<ref name="CollierRecipients1970s" />
• 1976 - USAF and Rockwell International Corporation for the highly successful design, development, management, and flight test of the B-1 strategic aircraft system.<ref name="CollierRecipients1970s" />
• 1977 - Robert J. Dixon for his work on Red Flag.<ref name="CollierRecipients1970s" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1978 - Sam B. Williams for development of the small, high-efficiency turbofan.<ref name="CollierRecipients1970s" />
• 1979 - Paul MacCready for the MacCready Gossamer Albatross piloted by Bryan Allen made the first man-powered flight across the English Channel.<ref name="CollierRecipients1970s" />
• 1980 - Edward C. Stone representing the Voyager mission team's fly-by of Saturn.<ref name="Collier Recipients 1980s">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1981 - NASA, Rockwell International, Martin Marietta, and Thiokol for the development of crewed reusable spacecraft noting astronauts John Young, Robert Crippen, Joe Engle and Richard Truly.<ref name="Collier Recipients 1980s"/>
• 1982 - Thornton "T" Arnold Wilson and The Boeing Company for the Boeing 757 and the 767.<ref name="Collier Recipients 1980s"/>
• 1983 - The United States Army and Hughes Aircraft Helicopters for advanced weapons systems for the AH-64A Apache.<ref name="Collier Recipients 1980s"/>
• 1984 - Bruce McCandless and Charles E. Whitsett of NASA and Walter W. Bollendonk of Martin Marietta for their work on satellite rescue and repair.<ref name="Collier Recipients 1980s"/><ref name="NASA History">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1985 - Russell W Meyer and Cessna Aircraft for the outstanding safety record of the Cessna Citation aircraft.<ref name="Collier Recipients 1980s"/>
• 1986 - Dick Rutan, Jeana Yeager, Burt Rutan and the team of the first non-stop unrefueled circumnavigation of the Rutan Voyager.<ref name="Collier Recipients 1980s"/>
• 1987 - NASA Lewis Research Center and the NASA/industry advanced turboprop team for their work in new turboprop technologies.<ref name="Collier Recipients 1980s"/><ref>"A History of Collier Trophy Fails – 1987" Flying (magazine), 2012</ref>
• 1988 - Rear Admiral Richard H. Truly U.S. Navy for the successful return of America to space after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.<ref name="Collier Recipients 1980s"/>
• 1989 - Ben Rich of Lockheed and USAF team for the first stealth aircraft, the F-117.<ref name="Collier Recipients 1980s"/>
• 1990 - Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey team for the first large tiltrotor aircraft.<ref name=mais>Maisel, Martin D., Demo J. Giulianetti and Daniel C. Dugan. NASA SP-2000-4517, "The History of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft: From Concept to Flight" (PDF) p155 NASA, 2000. Accessed: 17 March 2012.</ref><ref name="Collier 1990-1999 Recipients" />
• 1991 - The Northrop Corporation, the Industry Team and the United States Air Force for the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit.<ref name="Collier 1990-1999 Recipients">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1992 - Naval Research Laboratory, US Air Force, Aerospace Corporation, Rockwell International, and IBM Federal Systems Company for Global Positioning System (GPS).<ref name="Collier 1990-1999 Recipients" />
• 1993 - The Hubble Space Telescope Recovery Team for the recovery and repair of the Hubble Space Telescope.<ref name="Collier 1990-1999 Recipients" />
• 1994 - McDonnell Douglas, US Air Force, and US Army for developing and producing the C-17 Globemaster III.<ref name="Collier 1990-1999 Recipients"/>
• 1995 - Boeing Commercial Airplanes for producing the Boeing 777.<ref name="Collier 1990-1999 Recipients"/><ref name="ALPA">Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1996 - Cessna Aircraft Company for producing the Citation X the US's first commercial aircraft to cruise at .92 Mach.<ref name="Collier 1990-1999 Recipients"/>
• 1997 - Gulfstream Aerospace for producing the ultra-long range business jet the Gulfstream V.<ref name="Collier 1990-1999 Recipients"/>
• 1998 - Lockheed Martin, GE Aircraft Engines, NASA, Air Combat Command, and Defense Intelligence Agency for the U-2S/ER-2 high altitude, all-weather, multi-functional data collection aircraft.<ref name="Collier 1990-1999 Recipients"/>
• 1999 - Boeing, GE Aircraft Engines, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon Technologies, and United States Navy for the F/A-18E/F multi-mission strike fighter aircraft.<ref name="Collier 1990-1999 Recipients"/>
• 2000 - Northrop Grumman, Rolls-Royce, Raytheon, L-3 Communications, United States Air Force, and DARPA for the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk.<ref name="Collier 2000-2009 Recipients">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2001 - Pratt and Whitney, Lockheed Martin, Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman and the Joint Strike Fighter program Office for LiftFan Propulsion System.<ref name="Collier 2000-2009 Recipients"/><ref name=LockheedMartin28Feb2003PressRelease>Template:Cite press release</ref>
• 2002 - Sikorsky Aircraft and the S-92 team, led by Nicholas Lappos.<ref>"GAPAN to bestow top flight operations award on Nick Lappos" HeliHub, 2 October 2013. Accessed: 13 October 2013.</ref><ref name="Collier 2000-2009 Recipients"/>
• 2003 - Gulfstream Aerospace for the development of the G550, the first civil aircraft to include an enhanced vision system as standard equipment.<ref name="Collier 2000-2009 Recipients"/>
• 2004 - Burt Rutan, Paul Allen, Doug Shane, Mike Melvill, Brian Binnie, and the SpaceShipOne team for the first privately designed, funded, built, and flown commercial crewed space-launch vehicle.<ref name="Collier 2000-2009 Recipients"/>
• 2005 - Eclipse Aviation for producing the Eclipse 500, the world's first very light jet.<ref name="Collier 2000-2009 Recipients"/>
• 2006 - United States Air Force, Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and Pratt and Whitney for producing the F-22 Raptor.<ref name="Collier 2000-2009 Recipients"/>
• 2007 - Automatic Dependent Surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) team that includes AOPA, ALPA, CAA, ERAU, FAA, ITT, Lockheed Martin, NASA, MITRE, UPS, and ACSS for supporting NextGen.<ref name="Collier 2000-2009 Recipients"/><ref name="Press Release 2007">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2008 - The Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST) for reducing commercial scheduled airline fatalities.<ref name="NAA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2009 - The International Space Station team including NASA, Boeing, Draper Laboratory, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, United Launch Alliance, United Technologies for the world's largest spacecraft.<ref name="Collier 2000-2009 Recipients"/>
• 2010 - The Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. Sikorsky X2 Technology Demonstrator team for revolutionary helicopter development.<ref name="Sikorsky15March2011PressRelease">Template:Cite press release</ref><ref name="AviationWeekSikorskysX2-CollierWinCommercialNext">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="AviationWeekSikorskysX2AndTheCollierTrophy">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="Collier-2010-2019-winners">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2011 - The Boeing Company for designing, building, delivering, and supporting the 787 Dreamliner.<ref name="Boeing13March2012PressRelease">Template:Cite press release</ref><ref name="Collier-2010-2019-winners"/>
• 2012 - NASA/JPL Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity project team for their successful Mars mission.<ref name="Collier 2010-2019 Recipients">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2013 - Northrop Grumman/U.S. Navy/Industry team for designing, building, and demonstrating the X-47B; and for the aircraft's ability to autonomously operate from and perform arrested landings upon an aircraft carrier.<ref name="Collier-2010-2019-winners"/>
• 2014 - Gulfstream Aerospace for producing the G650.<ref name="Collier 2010-2019 Recipients"/><ref name="Kauh12Mar15">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2015 - The NASA-JPL Dawn Mission team for orbiting and exploring protoplanet Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres.<ref name="Collier 2010-2019 Recipients"/><ref name="AVwebNASA-JPLDawnMissionTeamWins2015CollierTrophy">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2016 - The Blue Origin team for demonstrating rocket booster reusability with the New Shepard human spaceflight vehicle.<ref name="NAA-BlueOriginNewShepard2016CollierTrophy">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Collier-2010-2019-winners"/>
• 2017 - Cirrus Aircraft for designing, certifying, and entering-into-service the SF50 Vision, the first single-engine personal jet; and for their inclusion of the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) on the aircraft.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref name="Collier-2010-2019-winners"/>
• 2018 - The Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS) team, which includes the Air Force Research Laboratory, Lockheed Martin, the F-35 Joint Program Office, and NASA for lifesaving technology.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref name="Collier-2010-2019-winners"/>
• 2019 - The USAF-Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Team for developing and employing the world's only reusable, autonomous spaceplane.<ref name="2019 Collier">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2020 - Garmin for designing, developing, and fielding Garmin Autoland – the world's first certified autonomous system that activates during an emergency to safely control and land an aircraft without human intervention.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2021 - The NASA/JPL/Ingenuity team for the first powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet, thereby opening the skies of Mars and other worlds for future scientific discovery and exploration.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2022 - NASA and Northrop Grumman for the James Webb Space Telescope "for its unprecedented discovery mission to explore, identify and photograph what lies beyond what is currently known and to seek what is unknown."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2023 - NASA, Lockheed Martin, the University of Arizona and KinetX for OSIRIS-REx, the first American mission to gather an asteroid sample and its return to earth<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2024 - NASA and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory for the Parker Solar Probe, which ventured deep into the Sun's corona, passing Template:Convert from the solar surface, seven times closer than any previous spacecraft, and setting a record for the fastest human-made object at a speed of Template:Convert, three times faster than any prior spacecraft.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Gallery

• HoffmanCollierTrophyfromPresCoolidge.jpg

  1926 Collier Trophy President Calvin Coolidge presented to Edward L. Hoffman for the modern freefall parachute

• 1927 Collier Trophy presented by President Coolidge to Charles Lawrance (cropped).jpg

  1927 Collier Trophy President Coolidge presented to Charles Lawrance for the air-cooled aircraft radial engine

• Harold Frederick Pitcairn portrait in 1930 with the Collier Trophy.jpg

  1930 Collier Trophy recipient Harold Frederick Pitcairn for the autogyro

• 1933 Collier Trophy President Roosevelt congratulates Frank W. Caldwell.jpg

  1933 Collier Trophy President Roosevelt congratulates Frank W. Caldwell of Hamilton Standard for the controllable-pitch propeller

• 1939 Collier Trophy Dr. Walter Meredith Boothby, William Randolph Lovelace II, and Harry George Armstrong.jpg

  1939 Collier Trophy President Roosevelt congratulates US airlines Dr. Walter Meredith Boothby, William Randolph Lovelace II, and Harry George Armstrong

• Lew Rodert accepting the Collier Trophy from President Harry S Truman in December 1947.jpg

  1946 Collier Trophy President Truman congratulates Lewis A. Rodert for the thermal aircraft anti-icing

• 1951CollierTrophy Truman n John Stack.jpg

  1952 Collier Trophy President Truman congratulates John Stack for the Langley transonic wind tunnel

• Vice President Nixon awards 1958 Collier Trophy.jpg

  1958 Collier Trophy with (L to R) Walter W. Irwin, Howard C. Johnson, US VP Nixon, Gerhard Neumann, Neil Burgess, Clarence Leonard "Kelly" Johnson

• 1966CollierTrophyJames Smith McDonnell.jpg

  1966 Collier Trophy with James Smith McDonnell Jr. founder of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation for the F-4 Phantom and Project Gemini

• Jsc2011e075769 orig.jpg

  1973 Collier Trophy VP Ford congratulates NASA Skylab Program Director William C. Schneider

• 1992 CollierTrophyGPS.jpg

  1992 Collier Trophy for the Global Positioning System

• 2011 Collier Trophy Recipient, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and Collier Selection Committee.jpg

  2011 Collier Trophy presented to The Boeing Company for the 787 Dreamliner

• 2014 Collier Trophy Presentation, Northrop Grumman X-47B.JPG

  2013 Collier Trophy presented to Northrop Grumman/U.S. Navy for the X-47B

• 2015 Collier Trophy Presentation, Gulfstream G-650.JPG

  2014 Collier Trophy presented to Gulfstream for the G650

See also

• List of aviation awards
• List of space technology awards

External links

• One Hundred Years of the Collier Trophy "The Oscar of Aviation"--Dick Rutan
• The Collier Trophy – contains listing of the winners up to 2006
• From Engineering Science to Big Science – The NACA and NASA Collier Trophy Research Project Winners, Edited by Pamela E. Mack
• [1] October 10, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy remarks upon presenting the Collier Trophy to the Mercury Seven
• [2] 787 Dreamliner joins proud legacy of Boeing Collier Trophy wins