RTCA 2025 Award Winners
William E. Jackson Award
The William E. Jackson Award is presented to an outstanding graduate student in the field of aviation electronics and telecommunications. This award is a memorial to William E. Jackson, a pioneer in the development and implementation of the nation’s air traffic control system and an enthusiastic supporter of student engineers.
This year’s William E. Jackson Award has been presented to Jason Anderson for his dissertation entitled “Designing Cryptography Systems for GNSS Data and Ranging Authentication.”
Jason works at Xona as a Senior Security Engineer. He is a former Ph.D. student in the Stanford GPS Lab where his research pertained to constructing efficient cryptosystems for GNSS. Before Stanford, Jason received a Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering degree from UC Berkeley and has worked at SpaceX and General Atomics.
Click here to learn more about the William E. Jackson Award submission process.
Click here to see previous winners of the William E. Jackson Award.
Outstanding Leaders
The Outstanding Leader Award recognizes the added demands placed on RTCA Special Committee Chairs and/or other Committee participants who serve in leadership roles.
2025 Outstanding Leaders
| Outstanding Leader | Company |
|---|---|
| Dr. Sai Kalyanaraman | Collins Aerospace |
| Lesley Weitz | The MITRE Corporation |
| Nico de Gelder | National Aerospace Laboratory |
| Thea Feyereisen | Honeywell International |
| Randall E. Bailey | NASA |
| Thierry Lelievre | Capgemini |
| Luc Emberger | Airbus |
| Rochelle E. Perera | The Boeing Company |
| Sarah E. Stern | The Boeing Company |
| Reuss Anderson | Garmin LTD |
| David Baker | The MITRE Corporation |
| Aloke Roy | *Retired |
| Stephane Pelleschi | Collins Aerospace |
| Barry Miller | Federal Aviation Administration |
| Wes Googe | American Airlines (A4A) |
| Dimitri Garbi | EASA |
| Erik Ringnes | Honeywell International |
| Allison Ferguson | AURA Network Systems |
Significant Contributors
The Significant Contributor award recognizes individuals for very important and noteworthy contributions to Special Committees and their products.
2025 Significant Contributors
| Significant Contributor | Company |
|---|---|
| Christophe Macabiau | ENAC |
| Bob Erlandson | *Retired |
| Stefano Caizzone | German Aerospace Center |
| Brenda Perez | Regulus Group |
| Eltzafan Mark | Federal Aviation Administration |
| Frederic Baltrando | Airbus |
| Rowan Stewart | Airtel ATN |
| Viktor Jagasits | EUROCONTROL |
| Richard V. Timms | NGA |
| Jeff Plantinga | GE Aerospace |
| Michael L. Olive | *Retired |
| Jonathan Branker | Federal Aviation Administration |
| Suzi Guzik | CTI Consulting |
| Guy Deker | Thales |
| Tim Geels | Collins Aerospace |
| Monica G. Vafiades | US Air Force |
| Brandon Weaver | DLR |
| Antonio Chiesa | Transport Canada |
| Dr. Thomas Maloney | Federal Aviation Administration |
2025 Outstanding Contributions
| Outstanding Contributor | Company |
|---|---|
| Paulo Magalaes | Embraer Air |
For more information:
Significant Contributors Award, please contact contact Ka’Nika Evans
Outstanding Leaders Award, please contact contact Ka’Nika Evans
William E. Jackson Award, please contact contact Ka’Nika Evans
RTCA-National Aviation Hall of Fame Educator Scholarship
The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) and RTCA, Inc. have partnered to create a new Professional Development Scholarship Program to support Pre-K-6th-grade educators in sharing the concepts of aviation and aerospace with their students through the NAHF’s elementary classroom curriculum program Problem Solving with Wilbur and Orville. More details.