August 25, 2011 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will present awards recognizing key achievements in space science and technology, space program management, and sustained service to the Institute, at a noon awards luncheon on September 28 as part of the AIAA SPACE 2011 Conference & Exposition, September 27-29, at the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, Calif.
Additionally AIAA Sustained Service Awards will be presented to Guy Jette, chief financial officer/financial division chief (retired), Space Vehicles Directorate, AFRL, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.; and to Peter Kurzhals, director, Systems and Software, Boeing Space Exploration, Huntington Beach, Calif.
For more information about these awards, or the AIAA Honors and Awards Program, please contact Carol Stewart at carols@aiaa.org or 703.264.7762.
The AIAA SPACE 2011 Conference & Exposition provides the global aerospace industry with a forum to explore solutions for the advancement of humankind in areas ranging from national security to commercial development of space to space exploration. The theme of this year's conference is "SPACE: Enhancing Today, Inspiring Tomorrow." The conference is co-chaired by NASA and the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, and is sponsored by The Boeing Company, Northrop Grumman Corporation, and Lockheed Martin Corporation. Additional sponsors include: Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne; Space Systems/Loral; Dynetics, Inc.; Stellar Solutions, Inc.; United Launch Alliance; Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc.; and Astrium. Aerospace America and Space News are the official media sponsors. Additional support will be provided by The Aerospace Corporation and the AIAA Technical Activities Committee Space & Missiles Group.
For more information on SPACE 2011 please visit www.aiaa.org/events/space , or contact Duane Hyland at 703.264.7558 or duaneh@aiaa.org . Registration for the conference is free for credentialed members of the press.
AIAA is the world's largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace profession. With more than 35,000 individual members worldwide, and 90 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. For more information, visit www.aiaa.org .