Jane’s has triumphed in the 2007 Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards receiving two awards for outstanding editorial in Jane’s International Defence Review (IDR) and the top award of the evening, the prestigious RAeS Decade of Excellence Award.

Nick Brown, editor of Jane’s International Defence Review, said “We are honoured to have received these prestigious awards among such tough competition” adding “it is testament to IDR’s in-depth analysis and constant drive to deliver news and reporting that is world class. These two awards completely recognise that.”

The award-winning articles were UCAVs offer fast track to stealth, long-range and carrier operations, looking at the benefits to European countries of advanced UCAV capability at bargain prices compared to manned systems; and Satellite micro-revolution offers the potential for broader vision, which considered the capability of small technologically sophisticated satellites providing increasingly rapid and accurate information.

Jane’s was also recognised for consistently outstanding aerospace journalism over the past ten years with William Gunston, former editor of Jane’s Aero Engines, awarded the RAeS Decade of Excellence Award – judged by a panel of five internationally recognised aviation journalists.

Jane’s were involved with a total of nine nominations for seven journalists in five categories at the esteemed event, including:

• William Gunston, editor Jane’s Aero Engines, RAeS Decade of Excellence Award Winner


• Bill Sweetman, Jane's International Defence Review, for UCAVs offer fast track to stealth, long-range and carrier operations Winner


• Bill Sweetman, Jane's International Defence Review, for Satellite micro-revolution offers the potential for broader vision Winner


• Nick Cook, Jane's Defence Weekly, for Skunk Works unveils Polecat


• Michael J. Gething, Jane's International Defence Review, for Kaman defends Super Seasprite


• Robin Hughes, Jane's Defence Weekly, for Long-range ambitions


• Nick Cook, Jane's Defence Weekly, for Out of the black, into the blue


• Robert Hewson, Jane's Navy International, for Dragon's teeth: Chinese missiles raise their game


Tim Ripley, Jane's Defence Weekly, for Taking the high road

The 2007 Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards presentation ceremony took place at Pavillon d'Armenonville in Paris on 17th June ahead of the Paris Air Show (18-24 June), where Jane’s has a team of more than 30 editorial and reference staff providing live daily feeds of news from the show throughout the week. (ENDS)

Editor’s note: For more information on the nominated articles and/or individuals please contact Leah Turner, Press & PR Officer, on +44 (0) 20 8700 3922 or email leah.turner@janes.com

About Jane’s Information Group:
Jane’s is the leading open source information provider and conference organiser on defence, international risk and national security to governments, militaries, industries and academia around the globe. Jane’s is headquartered in London, and also has offices in Alexandria, Virginia; Singapore; Tokyo; Dubai; and Sydney, Australia. For more information, please visit our award-winning website, www.janes.com.

About the awards:
The international Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards are the world's most important awards for aviation writers and broadcasters. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the awards, which were first presented in London in 1996. Since then the presentation ceremonies have alternated between Paris and London.

For more information on the awards go to www.ajoya.com

All the world's leading aerospace organisations support them and, more importantly perhaps, entries are received from nearly every significant aerospace and defence publication in the world, as well as many of the world's most important newspaper, television and radio companies. The Dinner & Presentation Ceremony is the only event in the global aerospace calendar that brings together all the key players of the aerospace industry, and the aerospace media, for an evening focused entirely on excellence in aerospace journalism.