NAA ANNOUNCES ADS-B PROGRAM AS THE WINNER OF THE 2007 ROBERT J. COLLIER TROPHY
NAA: National Aeronautic Association
Arlington, Virginia, March 6, 2008 – The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) announced today at their Annual Spring Awards Luncheon that the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Team of public and private sector groups has been selected as the recipient of the 2007 Robert J. Collier Trophy.
Government and industry leaders who have collaborated for nearly a decade will be honored "for conceptualizing, developing, and the initial implementation of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, the next generation performance-based air-ground, ground-air, and air-air surveillance system."
“ADS-B is a ground-breaking effort for next-generation airborne surveillance and cockpit avionics,” noted NAA Chairman and Collier Selection Committee Chairman Walter Boyne. “Its implementation will have a broad impact on the safety, capacity and efficiency of the national airspace system.”
