The 2022 Defence Media Awards

The Defence Media Dinner can announce that the 2022 Awards were presented on 9th October. Thank you to everyone who participated, the list of winners and finalists can be revealed, see below.
 
The 2022 Defence Media Awards were presented at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on the 9th of October, the evening before the opening day of AUSA. This was the 5^th presentation of the awards and was the biggest so far. These are a distinct set of awards celebrating the best in defence journalism and publishing

The 2022 Winners and Finalists for the following Award Categories.

Best Young Journalist – sponsored by NAMMO

Colin Demarest

Mikayla Easley

Winner - Andrew Eversden

Harry Lye

Brandi Vincent

The Best Training, Simulation and Readiness Submission – sponsored by CAE

Winner -Courtney Albon - “Space Force envisions digital future for testing and training” - C4ISRNET and Defense News

Gerrard Cowan - Coping with Covid-19: Army training during the pandemic - Jane's International Defence Review

Andrew Eversden, “INTO THE MILITARY METAVERSE: An empty buzzword or a virtual resource for the Pentagon?” – Breaking Defense

David Oliver – CBRN Danger Persists – Armada

Meredith Roaten - “What a Feeling: Industry Developing Haptic Tech to Bolster Military Training” - National Defense Magazine

The Best Rotorcraft submission - sponsored by Elbit Systems of America

Andrew Drwiega – FLRAA and FARA – Procurement with a difference - Armada

Winner Paul Kennard - A ‘British’ Black Hawk for NMH? - Antares Magazine

Tim Martin - Countering Russian aggression: Eastern European rotary assets - Air Warfare

Meredith Roaten - Aviation Giants Enter Final Stretch to Replace Back Hawk - National Defense Magazine

Richard Scott - Bring a missile to a gunfight: Martlet sharpens the Wildcat’s claws – Jane’s Navy International 

The Best Military Propulsion Submission

Frank Colucci - The Power of FVL, - Vertiflite magazine

Winner - Peter Felstead - HED draws closer to the battlefield - Janes online

Stephen Losey - Here’s how Tinker Air Force Base cut heavy maintenance time for F-35 engines in half – Defense News

Guy Norris and Steve Trimble - Rotating Detonation Engine Powers Secret Tactical Missile Program – Aviation Week & Space Technology

Alix Valenti - (R)Evolutions in Naval Propulsion – It’s Electrifying ! – Armada 

The Best Breaking News Submission- sponsored by BAE Systems

Aviation Week Intelligence Network’s War in Ukraine Special Report

Winner - Breaking Defense Team - Coverage of the first 10 days of the war in Ukraine

Joe Gould - GOP senator blocks Russia pro from joining Pentagon, drawing fiery rebuke – Defense News

Stew Magnuson - “Ukraine to U.S. Defense Industry: We Need Long-Range, Precision Weapons” – National Defense Magazine

Davis Winkie, The Army Times, and James Barragán, The Texas Tribune. - Months-long flotation device delay preceded Texas soldier’s drowning 

The Best Digital Submission - sponsored by McKinsey & Company

Aviation Week’s Check 6 Podcast

Gabriel Dominguez - Why North Korea is racing to develop tactical nuclear weapons – Japan Times

Mimi Geerges - How the UK Space Command Is Working with Space Force - Govmatters.tv

Winner - Vago Muradian - The Defense & Aerospace Report’s Cyber Report

Rob Verger - How software saved a stealth fighter jet—and its pilot—from crashing in Alaska – Popular Science
 

The Best Land Systems Submission - sponsored by Northrop Grumman

 Winner - Gordon Arthur – King of the Hill – Land Warfare

Christopher Foss – Foss Unglossed – Shephard News

Jen Judson - Post-Afghanistan, the US Army wants to carve out its role in the Pacific – Defence News

Flavia Camargos Pereira - Hiding in plain sight: Can adaptive camouflage conceal combat vehicles? – Land Warfare

David Saw - The Rise and Fall of the Russian Battalion Tactical Group Concept - European Security and Defence

The Best Defence Electronics Submission -sponsored by W. L. Gore & Associates

 Stew Magnuson - Army Project Convergence Continues on 10-Year Learning Curve - National Defense Magazine

Richard Scott - Teaming with the machine: AI and human decision-making in the Intelligent Ship – Jane’s Defence Weekly

Winner - Steve Trimble – Broken Links - Aviation Week & Space Technology

Brandi Vincent - Pentagon shares new vision to address problems with its microelectronics supply chain - DefenseScoop

Tom Withington – UK should surf Europe’s wideband wave - Armada

The Best Military MRO Submission – sponsored by Northrop Grumman

 Brian Everstine - How the US Military Is Addressing Climate Change - Aviation Week & Space Technology

Winner - Stephen Losey - Here’s how Tinker Air Force Base cut heavy maintenance time for F-35 engines in half – Defense News

Rachel S. Cohen. - A perfect storm: Airmen, F-22s struggle at Eglin nearly three years after Hurricane Michael - Air Force Times

Justin Katz - Is a new Navy shipyard realistic, or just a ‘tall order? – Breaking Defense

Brandi Vincent - DARPA to develop bio-inspired tech to ‘self-heal’ Pentagon’s deteriorating concrete structures - DefenseScoop

The Best National Security Space Submission – sponsored by the Sierra Nevada Corporation

 Courtney Albon - How commercial space systems are changing the conflict in Ukraine - C4ISRNET

Aviation Week Team - U.S. Government And Space Companies Collaborate To Support Ukraine - Aviation Week & Space Technology

Mimi Geerges - National Reconnaissance Office Director on Space Threats, Future Tech, and Climate – Govmatters.tv

Winner - Theresa Hitchens - Seeing in the dark: Space Force works, slowly, to improve monitoring of the heavens – Breaking Defense

Laura Winter – The DownLink

The Best Naval Systems Submission

Megan Eckstein - After 2014 decimation, Ukrainian Navy rebuilds to fend off Russia – Defense News

Winner Jon Harper - Navy grappling with the future of its unmanned fleet - DefenseScoop

Justin Katz - App store for warships: Inside the Navy’s project to revamp how the fleet gets software – Breaking Defense

Harry Lye – To build or not to build - Naval Warfare - Shephardmedia.com

Ridzwan Rahmat - Sunken ambitions: Submarine accident scuttles Indonesia's underwater aspirations - Janes Navy International 

Best Un-Manned systems Submission – sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems

Brian Everstine and Steve Trimble - The Air Force's new plan for unmanned teaming systems for both the B-21 and NGAD – Aviation Week & Space Technology

Jon Harper - Air Force positions autonomous drones, networked weapon systems as top priorities - DefenseScoop

Winner - Justin Katz - Show, don’t tell: Navy changes strategy to sell unmanned systems to skeptical Congress – Breaking Defense

Dan Lamothe and Karoun Demirjian - Pentagon looks to vastly expand weapons for Ukraine – The Washington Post

Anika Torruella - Nowhere to hide: Undersea networks target the challenges of the deep - Janes International Defence Review

The Best Military Aviation Submission - sponsored by Honeywell

Joint Winner - Steve Trimble and Brian Everstine – Bombshell - Aviation Week & Space Technology

Joint Winner - Alex Hollings - What kind of fighter could the latest military tech really build? - Sandboxx News

Valerie Insinna - As Tyndall tries to rebound, A-10 fight prompts F-35 maintainer shortfall, ‘significant risk – Breaking Defense

Stephen Losey - Inside the US Air Force’s race to fund future fighters, bombers and autonomous drones before the next crisis – Defense News

Joe Pappalardo - How the Pentagon learned to start worrying and investigate UFOs - National Geographic 

The Best Technology Submission – sponsored by L3Harris

 Winner - Stew Magnuson - Rare Earth Elements: U.S. Startups Seek to Claw Back China’s Share of ‘Technology Minerals’ Market – National Defense Magazine

Anika Torruella - Altered states: Quantum systems could spawn an exotic information age - Janes international Defence Review

Nathan Strout, Jen Judson and Mark Pomerleau - The US Army sees a future of robots and AI. But what if budget cuts and leadership changes get in the way? – Defense News

Brandi Vincent - Pentagon reaches important waypoint in long journey toward adopting ‘responsible AI’ – DefenseScoop

Tom Withington – Qubits keeps comms Hush-Hush - Armada

The Best Cyber Security Submission - sponsored by Peraton

 The Defense & Aerospace Report’s Cyber Report

Mimi Geerges - Cybersecurity Is My Absolute Top Priority: DOD CIO on Zero Trust, Modernization, Data - Govmatters.tv

Mark Pomerleau - House Armed Services Committee concerned with state of Navy cyber readiness – DefenseScoop

Winner - Meredith Roaten - Death of JEDI: Pentagon learning from Terminated Cloud Initiative – National Defense Magazine

Joe Uchill - The time is now and the place is here: Cyber vendors, volunteers rush free security to Ukraine – SC Magazine

The Best Land Vehicles Submission

Mikayla Easley - Army, Industry Have Faith in New Approach for Bradley Replacement - National Defense Magazine

Peter Felstead - HED draws closer to the battlefield - Janes online

David Saw - Some You Win and Some You Lose - The Ongoing British Army Armour Crisis - European Security and Defence.

Winner - Suman Sharma - India's IAFV and IMBT Programmes - European Security & Defence

Yasmin Tadjdeh - Electric Vehicles for the Military Still a Pipedream - National Defense Magazine 

The John Morrocco Award for Best In-depth Defence Reporting - sponsored by Boeing

Angus Batey, Caterina Tani, Tim Mahon - All Quietly Changing on the Western Front - Monch

Megan Eckstein - As US Navy rethinks its fleet, Ingalls Shipbuilding faces uncertain future – Defense News

Winner - Reuben F. Johnson - Russian troops held me captive at gunpoint for two weeks in Ukraine. Here’s what I learned – Breaking Defense

Ashley Roque - Hide and seek: Pentagon's inspector general auditing delayed IVAS programme, capabilities missing – Jane’s Defence Weekly

Mike Stone & Patricia Zengerle - Biden plans shift in arms policy to add weight to human rights concerns – Reuters News

Steve Trimble - Skunk Works 4.0 - Aviation Week & Space Technology

Judges Commendation - Davis Winkie - Death, drugs and a disbanded unit: How the Guard’s Mexico border mission fell apart - The Army Times 

The Outstanding Achievement Award

John Robinson

The Outstanding Achievement Award - sponsored by Raytheon Technologies

Tim Mahon

The 2023 Defence Media Awards will be presented during the Defence Media Dinner on the evening of 8^th October at the National Press Club in Washington D.C.. The evening starts at 6pm with a networking cocktail reception, kindly sponsored by Northrop Grumman.