2025 EUROCAE Award winners announced

The 2025 EUROCAE Awards honored aviation standards experts in Madrid, recognizing outstanding peer-nominated contributions to global aviation standardisation excellence. The article 2025 EUROCAE Award winners announced first appeared in TravelDailyNews International.

Apr 25, 2025 - 10:53

The winners of the 2025 EUROCAE Awards, were revelead in Madrid during the EUROCAE Symposium. These prestigious recognitions are unique in that nominations come directly from within our Working Groups – the very teams where the standards work takes place. And who better to identify those deserving of recognition than the peers who work alongside them?

EUROCAE brings together over 5,000 experts from nearly 500 member organisations. Each year, we take this moment to honour the individuals who go above and beyond their roles – those who take on responsibilities, contribute tirelessly, and help drive excellence in aviation standardisation. It is their exceptional commitment and expertise that the EUROCAE Awards aim to celebrate.

The selection of the award recipients was conducted by a dedicated committee composed of representatives from EUROCAE’s Governance, including members of the Council, the Technical Advisory Committee, and the Secretariat. For the Global Harmonisation Award, a representative from RTCA also participated in the selection process.

President’s Award: Bruno Ayral

Bruno Ayral (Thales LAS France) has played a pivotal role in shaping the future of aviation standards through his longstanding involvement in EUROCAE. Elected as a EUROCAE Council Member in 2007, he has demonstrated remarkable dedication, having participated in nearly 100 Council meetings over the years. His contributions had a significant impact on EUROCAE’s strategic direction.

Lifetime Achievement: Ross Hannan

Ross Hannan (Aeronautique Associates Ltd) was a well respected member of the safety critical systems community for well over 30 years. He was one of the originators of ED-12 back in the 1980’s and has stayed involved throughput. He was Chair for WG-71 and was a key architect of the Forum for Aeronautical Software; now WG-117. As Ross passed away last November, his life-long contribution to aviation standards was recognised posthumously.

Working Group Leadership: Luc Emberger

Luc Emberger (Airbus) has been the chair of WG-78 Standards for Air Traffic Data Communications Services since the group came out of hiatus in 2021. Since then, WG-78 has released 4 new document revisions, 3 new change documents, and has been continuously working on a brand new standard to be delivered in 2025.

International Contribution: Steve Bellingham

Steve Bellingham (NAV Canada) is an active and highly valued contributor to WG-105 SG-3 U-space/UTM. He played a key role in the development of the NID Justification document and is currently contributing to the creation of standards for UAS Operator to USSP communication. Beyond WG-105, Steve also participates in several other EUROCAE Working Groups.

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