| KENT, WA (March 23): Naverus has been named the 2007 recipient of the Pinnacle Award by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The award for 2007 highlights contributions associated with air traffic management. The award was presented at Embry-Riddle’s National Training Aircraft Symposium (NTAS), in a ceremony held Tuesday evening on the university’s Daytona Beach campus.
The Pinnacle Award in the Corporation Category recognizes Naverus’ pioneering work in Required Navigation Performance (RNP), which combines the advanced capabilities of modern aircraft and avionics with sensor systems such as GPS to provide safer, more efficient navigation for operators worldwide. John P. Johnson, President of Embry-Riddle, noted in his presentation of the award that “Naverus’ work has great promise as part of the FAA’s aggressive plans (NGATS) for increasing airspace capacity. The prospect of providing safe, high-quality, three-dimensional approach and departure service at airports of all sizes is now a practicality…the technologies pioneered by Naverus, applied in quantity to general aviation reliever satellite airports is an emerging reality, timed perfectly to serve the anticipated capacity demand of new VLJ and air taxi services.”
Steve Fulton, Chief Technical Officer and co-founder of Naverus, accepted the award on behalf of the company. “RNP has a profound impact on our industry,” noted Fulton. “It changes how we navigate, how we train our pilots, how we plan our routes – and ultimately, it will change how all of us share the airspace of the future.”
The latest award marks the third major recognition of Naverus in the past year. In April 2006, Naverus’ Fulton was awarded the industry’s prestigious Laureate Award by Aviation Week magazine. In November 2006, Naverus was named a 2006 recipient of Aviation Week’s Technology Breakthrough Award.
About Embry-Riddle Pinnacle Award The Pinnacle Award is an Embry-Riddle tradition recognizing outstanding contributions in areas of the aviation profession that are aligned with their aviation education programs. The award is named after the Pinnacles, an area near Dayton, Ohio where Wilbur Wright made some of his first observations of birds in flight. Pinnacle Awards recognize contributions in three categories: individual, corporation and organization. In keeping with the special topic for NTAS 2007, this year’s awards recognize “exceptional, lasting and/or singular contributions or lifetime service to the improvement, development or innovation in air traffic management.” The awards were last presented in 2002.
About Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace. It offers more than 30 degree programs, educating more than 34,000 students annually in undergraduate and graduate programs at residential campuses in Prescott, AZ and Daytona Beach, FL as well as at more than 130 centers in the United States and Europe. For more information, visit www.erau.edu. |
