MS Award Technical Achievement Laureates

YEAR TOPIC COMPANIES NAMES
2025 Energetic Defect Characterization (EDC) DEVCOM-AC (USA) Aaron Benfante
Nicholas Tashjian
2022 Development of an IM aircraft bomb model Mk82 General Purpose (Emploi Général) Reduced Vulnerability (Vulnérabilité) RWMI (ITA)
EURENCO (FRA)
DGA (FRA)
DGA - IM Committee (FRA)
Fabio Sgarzi
Gianpetro Roccatagliata
Bruno Nouguez
Philippe Chabin
Laurent Lafargue
Kévin Roussel
Joffrey Duchon
Jérôme L'Hostis
Frank Dupuis
Fabien Chassagne
Valérie Vincent
Murat Erdogan
2021 Efforts in the assessment of HD 1.3 NAWCWD
SMS, Inc.
ARCTOS
Engility, Inc.
SATECH
DDESB
NAVFAC EXWC
Aubrey Farmer
Nathaniel Davis
Cynthia Romo
Kevin P. Ford
Brian Bojko
Austin Bons
Clint Guymon
Jon Chrostowski
Alice I. Atwood
Thomas L. Boggs
Josephine Covino
Ming Liu
Michael Oesterle
2019 F21 IM Heavyweight Torpedo Warhead Development Naval Group (FRA)
EURENCO (FRA)
Damien Courrillaud
Rodolphe Fougeyrollas
Luc Chaffois
Bruno Nouguez
Vincent Coisnon
Philippe Chabin
2018 Advancement in Fast Heating Test Methods Engility, Inc. (USA)
WTD91 (DEU)
MOD (NLD)
FMV (SWE)
DGA (FRA)
NAWC China Lake (USA)
NSWCDD (USA)
Bofors Test Centre (SWE)
TNO (NLD)
US Navy (USA)
Alice Atwood
Alexander Blumenberg
Albert Bouma
Per Cederberg
Fabien Chassagne
Kevin P. Ford
Dave Hubble
Rickard Lindström
Pierre-François Péron
J.H.G. (Gert) Scholtes
Thomas Swierk
Jon Toreheim
Ephraim Washburn
Jon Yagla
2016 Brimstone 2 Missile ROXEL (GBR)
TDW (DEU)
MBDA (GBR)
DOSG (GBR)
DE&S (GBR)
Richard Johnson
Andrew Strickland
Christian Euba
Colin Lapsley
Holly Pennington
Chris Roberts
Ray Gibson
Lance Finnay
Anthony Bates
2015 Higher Energy Insensitive Munition Fill Implementation into Mortars US Army PM-CAS, ARDEC & BAE Systems (USA) James Chang
Charlie Patel
Leila Zunino
Dan Napolitano
Seham Salazar
Nick Baldwin
Philip Samuels
Daniel Zaloga
Keyur Patel
Virgil Fung
Mike Ervin
Brian Alexander
David Price
2013 LLM-105, a highly Insensitive Explosive LLNL (USA) Philip Pagoria
2012 Implementation of Reduced Sensitivity Explosive IMX-101 US Army PM-CAS (USA)
ARDEC (USA)
US ARL (USA)
BAE Systems (USA)
Jim Rutkowski
Charlie Patel
Sanjev K. Singh
Philip Samuels
Anthony Di Stasio
Brian Roos
Mike Ervin
Virgil Fung
Brian Alexander
Alberto Carrillo
2010 Development of the 120mm IM HE-T Round NAMMO Raufoss AS (NOR)
GD-OTS (USA)
GT-OTS St Marks (USA)
BAE Systems, Holston (USA)
2009 General Purpose Bomb Insensitive Munitions PMA-201 Naval Air Systems Command (USA)
NAWC China Lake (USA)
328th ASG, Eglin AFB (USA)
Vicki Brady
Que Bui-Dang
Manfred (Fred) Becker
Joe Stromsness
Steve Kelley
Stephen Struck
2007 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) 328th ASG, Eglin AFB (USA)
PMA-259 Naval Air Systems Command (USA)
2006 IM-Compliant Propellants & the Introduction of New IM-Improved Gun Propellants / Charge Systems Nitrochemie / Rheinmetall RWM
(DEU/SWE)
2006 EIDS Properties for a Cast-cured Plastic Bonded Explosive FOXIT Underwater Use FOXIT Team, Oy Forcit AB (FIN)
2006* SLIM, a Minimum Smoke, 1.3 Haz Class, IM Compliant Rocket Motor ROXEL (GBR)
2006* Flight Qualified Composite Case Missile Airframe Composite Case Captive Carry (C4) Qualification Program Team (USA)
2004 Reduced Vulnerability, Melt-Cast, DNAN-Based High Explosives for Low-Cost Ammunition (60 mm Mortar) TACOM ARDEC / ATK Thiokol Propulsion (USA) John B. Niles
Pamela Ferlazzo
Roger Wong
Daniel Doll
Nikki Rasmussen
Alan Allred
2004 Reduced Vulnerability, Melt-Cast, NTO-Based High Explosives for Low-Cost Ammunition (155mm Artillery) GIAT Industries (FRA) Gérard Augustin
Philippe Morand
Régis Aumasson
Maryse Vaullerin
2004 Reduced Vulnerability Cast-cured, I-RDX®  Based High Explosives for Low-Cost Ammunition Rheinmetall (DEU)
EURENCO (FRA)
SNCTEC (CAN)
Paul Wanninger
Bruno  Nouguez
Loïc Minguet
Bernard Mahé
Nathalie Maher
Pierre Pelletier
2003 ESSM Composite Rocket Motor Nammo Raufoss AS (NOR) Kai Fossumstuen
Stein Tenden
Øystein Bjørge
Eirik Løkke
Onno Verberne
Tor-Alexander Fjeldly
2003 Advanced Development High Explosives Team NSWC IH (USA) Karen Burrows
K. Wayne Reed
Daren Knutson
George Hennings
Joseph Mackey
Gerald Laib
Joseph Change
Amy Didion
Steven Jones
Craig Cornish
Brian Shaffer
Harold Sandusky
Robert Hutcheson
Dorothy Cichra
Kirk Newman
Louis Montesi
2003° Efforts in Support of IM Multi-purpose Bombs EURENCO (FRA) Patrick Salle
Patrick Blanc
Yvon Laudrin
Bruno Nouguez
Bernard Mahe
2003° I-RDX®  EURENCO (FRA) Alain Freche
Joseph Aviles
Lionel Donnio
Christian Spyckerelle
Serge Lecume
2001 Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) System Lockheed Martin & AFRL (USA) David A. York
Ron Wilson
Eric E. Roach
George W. Brookes
Glenn Overby
Joseph G. Glenn
Stephen Struck
John F. Leahy
1997* High Performance Structural Composite for IM Applications Thiokol (USA) Victor Singer
Warren L. Graser
1997* Dual Explosive Warhead Technology NSWC (USA) Michael Vittorio
1997* Design of EIDS SNPE (FRA) Jean Isler
Alain Bécuwe
1997 High Performance Less Sensitive Penetrator Matra BAE Dynamics (FRA/GBR)
SNPE (FRA)
Nathaniel Saidenberg
Patrick Blanc
Henri Miermont
Kerry Pakullus
Bruno Nouguez

*: Special Mention
°: Honorable Mention

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