Aviation Week

Congratulations to Bill Franke for winning the 68th Philip J. Klass Lifetime Achievement Award. ⭐ Franke has shaped commercial aviation for decades, leading America West Airlines' turnaround and founding Indigo Partners, creating a global network of low-cost carriers like Frontier, JetSMART, Wizz Air, and Volaris. He’s also chaired Spirit Airlines and Tiger Airlines. ✈️ #AviationLeadership #AWLAUR

Congratulations to our 68th MRO Laureate winners! 🎉 Choose Aerospace High School Program, Chromalloy, Delta TechOps Drone Inspections, Electronic Authorized Release Certificate Working Group, GE Aerospace Services Technology Acceleration Center ✈️🏆 And the Grand Winner of the 68th Laureate Awards for MRO goes to Choose Aerospace High School Program! #AWLAUR

Congratulations to our 68th Space Laureate winners! 🚀 @Axiom_Space Private Astronaut Missions, Rajeev Badyal - Amazon’s Project Leo @Amazonleo, @blueorigin New Glenn, @FireflySpace Blue Ghost, @USSpaceForce Rapid Capabilities Office Boeing X-37B ✈️🏆 And the Grand Winner of the 68th Laureate Awards for Space goes to Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost! #AWLAUR

Congratulations to our 68th Defense Laureate winners! 🛡️ @L3HarrisTech Red Wolf, Steve Parker - Boeing Defense, Space and Security CEO, @RAFAELdefense and @Mafat_IL Iron Beam, @RollsRoyce Orpheus, Ukraine’s Darknode ✈️🏆 And the Grand Winner of the 68th Laureate Awards for Defense goes to Boeing Defense, Space & Security CEO Steve Parker! #AWLAUR

Congratulations to Peter Beck from Rocket Lab on winning the 68th Pathfinder Awards as this year’s Laureates. From farm dreams to rocket launches! 🚀 Peter Beck, founder & CEO of Rocket Lab, proved the glory days of space exploration are far from over, turning childhood aspirations into reality with the Electron launch vehicle. 🌌 #SpaceInnovation #RocketLab #AWLAUR

Congratulations to our 68th Commercial Aviation Laureate winners! ✈️ Roberto Alvo, @LATAMAirlines Group CEO, @Boeing 777-9 Thrust Link Fix Team, TTufan Erginbilgiç, @RollsRoyce CEO, Safran ENGINeUS Electric Motor, @SouthwestAir Safety Management System ✈️🏆 And the Grand Winner of the 68th Laureate Awards for Commercial Aviation goes to Safran ENGINeUS Electric Motor! #AWLAUR

⭐ Congratulations to Jordi Puig-Suari and Bob Twiggs for winning the 68th Philip J. Klass Lifetime Achievement Award. From a teaching tool to an industry revolution! 🌌 Twiggs and Puig-Suari’s cubesat standard has launched over 2,700 satellites since 2003, transformingspace exploration with NASA and multibillion-dollar companies embracing the 10-cm³ innovation. 🚀 #SpaceTech #Cubesat #AWLAUR

Congratulations to our 68th Business Aviation Laureate winners! 🎉 @AVFUEL, Pete Bunce @GAManufacturers, @CorpAngelNet, @GogoAviation, @TextronAviation #AWLAUR ✈️🏆 And the Grand Winner of the 68th Laureate Awards for Business Aviation goes to Gogo!

🚀 Engineers, are you ready to rethink pyrovalves? Join us on April 7th at 11 AM EDT for a webinar on safer, reusable alternatives that enhance system performance in defense applications. Don’t miss it! Register now: [bit.ly/4uDlyF0]

Welcome to Aviation Week’s 68th Laureate Awards at the iconic National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.✨🏆 #AWLAUR #Aerospace #AerospaceAwards #AviationAwards #NationalBuildingMuseum

India aims to join GCAP or FCAS sixth-gen fighter consortia, alongside developing the indigenous AMCA, to modernize its aging fleet. aviationweek.com/defense/aircra…

Coming up next: The 68th Laureate Awards! ✨🏆 #AWLAUR

@AerCap has placed a firm order for 23 @Airbus #A320neos and 77 #A321neos, partly by exercising 45 options, and secured long-term leases with @CFM_engines covering 48 #Leap-1A engines. aviationweek.com/air-transport/…

🎓✨Introducing the #20Twenties Class of 2026! 👏 ✈️ Want to learn more about this incredible program or get involved next year? Visit: 20twenties.aviationweek.com #AW20Twenties

@Airbus and @Sikorsky are positioning their heavy commercial helicopters for a return to the offshore market as the industry recognizes a growing need for longer-range capability to support deepwater energy operations. aviationweek.com/business-aviat…

Please welcome to the stage, Aviation Week’s president, Greg Hamilton! 🎉✨ #AW20Twenties

A day after postponing the return of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B (LC-39B) for a second attempt to launch the Artemis II flight test, @NASA rescheduled rollout back to March 19. aviationweek.com/space/space-ex…

Aviation Week’s editorial director, Joe Anselmo, extends a warm welcome to this year’s 20 Twenties winners, guests and sponsors. 🎉✨ #AW20Twenties

Welcome to the 20 Twenties, 2026, at Clyde’s of Gallery Place in Washington, D.C.! 🎉✨ #AW20Twenties

Aviation Week’s 68th Laureate Awards is happening tonight at the iconic National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.! 🎉 Join us as we celebrate the incredible individuals, companies, and programs that are shaping the future of aerospace with their outstanding achievements. We’ll be sharing live updates from the ceremony, so stay tuned! If you’re attending, don’t forget to tag Aviation Week in your posts and use #AWLAUR to join the conversation. Let’s honor the best in aerospace together! ✈️✨ #AWLAUR @BuildingMuseum