The Aerospace Media Dinner has become 'the' aviation media networking event and consistently delivers an evening of superb hospitality and entertainment. 

These are a distinct set of awards celebrating the best in aviation journalism and publishing.

The list of 2023 winners and finalists, categories and sponsors is as follows

Best Young Journalist

 Charlotte Bailey

Alfred Chua

Cat Hofacker

Winner - Lucy Powell

Hanneke Weitering

Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

Best Aviation Image – sponsored by Dassault Aviation

Manuel Belleli - F18 HORNET

Winner - Giovanni Colla - Italian F-2000A, G550 CAEW and F-35A

Benoit Denet - 185 years of combat aviation

Lloyd Horgan - US Coast Guard MH-65E

Jamie Hunter - Inside the real TOPGUN fighter school

Mark Wagner – Diamond DA50RG

The Best Safety, Training & Simulation Submission – sponsored by CAE

Sean Broderick - Data Drives Flight Operations Safety Improvements - Aviation Week & Space Technology

Winner - Elan Head - What's missing from the debate over the 1,500-hour rule – The Air Current

Emma Kelly - Zeroing In – RotorHub

AM Sean Reynolds CB CBE DFC - In the zone - RotorHub

Matt Thurber – Simulator Tests Show Value of Q-Alpha Alerting System - Aviation International News

Patrick Veillette - Training Virtually - Aviation Week & Space Technology

The Best Rotorcraft/Vertical Flight submission - sponsored by TE Connectivity

Frank Collucci and John Bulakowski - The Sikorsky Aircraft Centennial 1923-2023, A Tribute to Igor I. Sikorsky

Brian Everstine – Osprey Unknowns – Aviation Week & Space Technology

Elan Head – The number at the center of an eVTOL safety debate - The Air Current

Gareth Jennings - Rotary recap: UK embarks on Puma replacement plan - Janes Defence Weekly

Winner - Emma Kelly - Ready for Action- RotorHub

Kenneth Swartz - Tier 1 Engineering Pioneers Electric e-R44 - Vertiflite Magazine 

The Best Digital Submission - sponsored by McKinsey & Company

To include podcasts, video reports and social media submissions

Winner - Aviation Week’s Check 6 Podcast

The Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable

FINN

Hannah King – Forces News

Kayley Thomas, Jenny Johnson and Lorraine Walsh - Transfer: The Emiliano Sala Story- BBC

Laura Winter – The Downlink

The Best Business Aviation Submission – sponsored by Gulfstream

 Jonathan Hemmerdinger - Long-range leaders - Flight International

Winner - Colleen Mondor – SIC Logging is Focus of FAA Investigation into Boutique Air - Aviation International News

Kate Sarsfield - Operators still grapple with Brexit two years later - Aviation International News

Patrick Veillette - Protecting Aviation Infrastructure: Are We Adequately Prepared? – Business & Commercial Aviation magazine

Mike Stones - Just hit the red button’/Jet charter – This time it’s personal - Corporate Jet Investor Quarterly

James Wynbrandt - Paying for Charter with Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrency - Business Jet Traveler

The Best Military Aviation submission - sponsored by Lockheed Martin

 Stephen Bridgewater – Out of the Shadows: Raider Rollout – Aerospace

Rachel S. Cohen - Does America need its ‘Doomsday plane’? - Air Force Times

Jamie Hunter and Tyler Rogoway - This is how long it would really take Ukraine's pilots to convert to F-16s - The War Zone

Gareth Jennings - Flug revue: Luftwaffe accelerates fast jet recap - Janes Defence and Intelligence Review

Squadron Leader (R) Fahad ibne Masood – Bringing on the disruption: Disruptive Airpower in Ukraine – Air International

Winner - Vladimir Trendafilovski - Taking Back Control - AirForces Monthly

The Best Aerospace & Defence Business submission - sponsored by Raytheon Technologies

 Angus Batey - UK Aerospace Juggles Investment Goals To Secure Sustainable-Aviation Role – Aviation Week & Space Technology

Curt Epstein – FBOs feel Labor Pinch – Aviation International News

Winner - Stephen Losey and Joe Gould - Fake parts: A Pentagon supply chain problem hiding in plain sight - Defense News

Tim Martin - Economic troubles could put UK in firing line of more defense takeovers – Breaking Defense

Marc Selinger - Rare earths: US DoD nurtures the critical minerals industry - Janes Defence Weekly

Matthew Todhunter – Blurred Lines: The rise of commercial/military UAVs – Air Warfare

The Best Passenger & Crew Wellbeing submission – sponsored by CTT Systems

 Thierry Dubois, Linda Blachly and Alan Dron – Aircraft Cabin Manufacturers Ready for Radical Reassessment – Aviation Week & Space Technology

Paul Eden - The Key To Comfort - Aircraft Cabin Management

Robin Evans - Positive Attitudes - FlightGlobal

Keith Mwanalushi - Selling Smarter - Inflight Magazine

Pilar Wolfsteller – On the Level? - FlightGlobal

Winner - James Wynbrandt - Mental wellness gets post-Covid safety focus - Aviation International News

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

Michael Dempsey - The cargo hauling aircraft with no pilots on board – BBC

Edward Hunt – Cost versus Capability – Air Warfare

Hope Hodge Seck - Marine Corps wants to test out partner drones, new MQ-9 Reaper payloads - Marine Corps Times

Winner - Gareth Jennings - Disposable Heroes: Rise of the attritable loyal wingmen – Janes Defence and Intelligence Review

Stew Magnuson and Mikayla Easley - Loitering Munitions Proliferate as Tech Changes Battlefield – National Defense

Al Venter – Hunting the Hunters – AirForces Monthly 

The Best Propulsion submission - sponsored by Rolls-Royce

 Lindsay Bjerregaard - Hydrogen Is Coming - Inside MRO

Ryan Finnerty - GE and P&W jockey for advantage as Pentagon weighs F-35 improvements - FlightGlobal.com

Keith Mwanalushi - Ramping up planning and capacity for new engine propulsions - AviTrader MRO

Winner - Mark Pilling - Power Shift: Is hydrogen power the right path for aviation? - FlightGlobal

Murdo Morrison - Fastest to the finish - Flight International

Ben Sampson - Fast Forward - Aerospace Testing

The Best Space submission

Winner - Jeff Foust - Cape Congestion: World’s busiest spaceport stretched to its limits - SpaceNews

Theresa Hitchens - Rocket science: How Space Force acquisition works, with many players and dual hats – Breaking Defense

John Kelvey – The Comet Conundrum – Aerospace America

Vivienne Machi - A Blue Ocean Market for Commercial Space Data Relay Services – Via Satellite

Joe Pappalardo - Unheard stories from the engineers who converted the $10 billion telescope from boxy spacecraft to a pioneering instrument designed to probe the deepest reaches of the cosmos - Popular Mechanics

Laura Winter – The Downlink 

The Best Advanced Air Mobility submission – sponsored by Supernal

 Winner - Charles Alcock - Advanced Air Mobility Pioneers Embark on Another Decisive Year – Aviation International News

Charlotte Bailey – Flying the VX4 – Aerospace

Bill Carey – AAM On The Ground – Business & Commercial Aviation Magazine

Aaron Karp - Gambling On Advanced Air Mobility - Aerospace America

Mario Pierobon – The U-Space: The Journey to Integrate - Aerospace Tech Review

Graham Warwick - AAM Leaders Grapple With Traditional Aerospace Issues - Aviation Week & Space Technology

The Best Commercial Aviation submission

 Winner - Bernie Baldwin - Establishing and Extending the E-Jet Envelope - Airliner World

Jens Flottau - Steven Udvar-Hazy: A Life In Aviation - Aviation Week & Space Technology

Lewis Harper - More women at very top of airlines - Airline Business

Jason Holland - Global Market Outlook 2023 – Maximising Momentum – MRO Management

Jon Ostrower - NASA gives Boeing a second shot at reshaping commercial aviation – The Air Current

Goodbye Jumbo – Flight International Team

The Best Breaking News Submission - sponsored by Honeywell

 Sean Broderick Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau and Guy Norris - MAX Standoff - Aviation Week & Space Technology

Khalem Chapman – New Era, New Icon – Combat Aircraft Journal

Winner - Grounding of the V-22 Osprey - Breaking Defense Team

Jon Lake - F-16s for Ukraine: Panacea or Distraction? - Air Forces Monthly

Mike Stone - Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb for Ukraine - Reuters

Stephen Trimble - Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down By USAF – Aviation Week & Space Technology

The Best MRO submission - sponsored by Execujet MRO Services

 Lindsay Bjerregaard and Sean Broderick - Technician Training Revamp – Inside MRO

Winner - James Careless – The Future of Tracking Aircraft Parts – Aerospace Tech Review

Jason Holland - Exploring Oklahoma’s MRO hub – MRO Management

James T. McKenna - Investment in Drone Inspections Starts to Pay Off for MRO Ops -Aerospace Tech Review

Murdo Morrison – Service Charge – FlightGlobal

Alex Preston - Doing More With Less - Low-Cost & Regional Airline Business

The Best Sustainable Aviation submission - sponsored by Collins Aerospace

Winner - Angus Batey - UK Aerospace Juggles Investment Goals To Secure Sustainable-Aviation Role – Aviation Week & Space Technology

James Careless - Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft: A Technology Whose Time Is Coming – Aerospace Tech Review

Lewis Harper – Casting the Net – Airline Business

Tim Robinson – Airbus- the view from the summit - Aerospace

Mike Stones - Meet CJI’s Sustainability heroes - Corporate Jet Investor

Alasdair Whyte - Out of the frying pan, into the flier- Corporate Jet Investor 

The Best In-depth Aviation submission – sponsored by Eurofighter

Hannah King - Ready for China: RAF joins US & Australia for largest Allied air exercise ever - Forces News

Winner - Guy Norris - Mind The Gap - Aviation Week & Space Technology

Peter Felstead - High-end threat: the accelerating pace of hypersonic weapons - Asian Military Review

Stephen Losey - The B-21 stealth bomber's first mission: evading Pentagon red tape - Defense News

Colleen Mondor - Lax Procedures, Oversight Surface in Yute Crash Investigation Aviation International News

Judges Commendation - Jon Ostrower - A different way to think about the future of flying in China – The Air Current

Vladimir Trendafilovski – Russia Shocked – AirForces Monthly

Aimée Turner - Supply in Demand - Aircraft Cabin Management 

The Bill Gunston Technology Writer Of The Year Award - sponsored by Boeing

 Elan Head

Justin Katz

Emma Kelly

Doug Richardson

Tom Risen

Winner - Patrick Veillette

The Aerospace Reporter of the Year Award – sponsored by Dassault Aviation

Bill Carey

Alex Hollings

Stephen Losey

Jon Ostrower

Stephen Trimble

Winner - Greg Waldron

Lifetime Achievement Award - Special Recognition Award for contribution to Aerospace Journalism - sponsored by Lockheed Martin

The winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award were

Jerry Siebenmark - (Posthumous)

Jacques Callies

The 2023 Aerospace Media Awards marked the 10^th anniversary of the awards being presented in Paris, on the evening of 18th June at the Aero Club de France in Paris.