Gallery: Highlights From The 68th Laureate Awards

Aviation Week's 68th Laureate Awards. 

Aviation Week's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Tomorrow's Leaders Awards.

Aviation Week's 68th Laureate winners.

Aviation Week's senior space editor, Irene Klotz, with Sir Peter Beck, CEO of Rocket Lab and recipient of the 2026 Pathfinder Award.

Rocket Lab CEO Sir Peter Beck, honored as the 2026 Pathfinder Award winner.

Bill Franke, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, with Jens Flottau, Aviation Week's executive editor for commercial aviation.

Lifetime Achievement Award honoree, Bill Franke.

Mackenzie Puig-Hall and Bishop Puig-Hall on stage representing this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award winners, Jordi Puig-Suari and Bob Twiggs.

Graham Warwick, Aviation Week’s executive editor for technology, joined by Mackenzie Puig-Hall, Bishop Puig-Hall and Aaron Zucherman, accepting this year’s Lifetime Achievement Awards on behalf of Jordi Puig-Suari and Bob Twiggs.

Mackenzie Puig-Hall and Bishop Puig-Hall accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of Jordi Puig-Hall.

Aaron Zucherman accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award in honor of Bob Twiggs.

The 68th Laureate winners in the MRO category.

Choose Aerospace High School Program was the MRO Grand Laureate winner. Joel English, vice president, and Ryan Goertzen, president, accepted the award.

68th Laureate Award winners in the Space category.

Shea Ferring, CEO of Firefly Aerospace, accepted the Space Grand Laureate award for Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost.

68th Laureate Award winners in the Defense category.

Steve Parker, CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, accepted the Defense Grand Laureate award.

Olga Stefanishyna, the ambassador of Ukraine to the U.S., stood alongside Aviation Week's editorial director, Joe Anselmo, and defense editor, Steve Trimble.

Bruno Bellanger, CEO of Safran Electrical and Power, accepted the Grand Laureate Award for Commercial Aviation.

The 68th Laureate Winners for Commercial Aviation.

Bruno Bellanger, CEO of Safran Electrical and Power, received the Grand Laureate Award for Commercial Aviation.

Boeing's 777-9 Thrust Link Fix team accepting the Laureate Award in Commercial Aviation.

Michael Skov Christensen, CCO of Gogo, accepted the Grand Laureate Award for Business Aviation.

The 68th Business Aviation Laureate winners.

Michael Skov Christensen, CCO of Gogo, received the Grand Laureate award for Business Aviation.

20 Twenties winner Noah Parsons on stage at the 2026 Laureate Awards.

20 Twenties Class of 2026 winners.

20 Twenties and Tomorrow's Leaders winners.

2026 Laureate Award ceremony.

2026 Laureate Award ceremony.

2026 Laureate Award ceremony.

2026 Laureate Award ceremony.