{"id":17925,"date":"2021-03-09T13:30:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T13:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=17925"},"modified":"2021-03-09T13:31:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T13:31:39","slug":"launched-the-2021-women-to-watch-in-uas-global-awards-5th-year-anniversary-program-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/unmanned-systems\/launched-the-2021-women-to-watch-in-uas-global-awards-5th-year-anniversary-program-is-here\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Launched! The 2021 Women to Watch in UAS Global Awards 5th Year Anniversary Program is Here"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Women\nand Drones<\/a> is pleased to\nannounce that the milestone 5th Anniversary Women To Watch (WTW) in UAS Global Awards 2021<\/a> initiative has officially kicked off!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The WTW program elevates the entire UAS\/UAM\/AAM\nindustry by recognizing those who are making a positive difference in it. The nomination\nportal is open now<\/a> and\nnominations are free! The nomination window remains open from March 8th\n(International Women\u2019s Day) until May 14th. Award nomination categories,\ntheir descriptors and information about our generous program sponsors follow: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sabrewing Aircraft Leadership Award<\/strong>\nrecognizes an individual woman who demonstrates an exceptional ability to\nmotivate people or groups to achieve a common goal, including but not limited\nto: education, policy, research & development, innovation, business and\nhumanitarian efforts. Sabrewing\nAircraft Company <\/a>is a\nmanufacturer of unmanned heavy-lift commercial cargo air vehicles headquartered\nin Camarillo, California, USA. Sabrewing\u2019s technologies and products will help\ngrow our customers\u2019 businesses, change the way the world ships air-cargo, and\ntransform military logistics doctrine. Sabrewing creates innovative\ntechnologies at its Dragonworks Lab in Silicon Valley to develop a new era of\nadvanced unmanned cargo aircraft. \u201cSabrewing is committed to a diverse\nworkforce, providing opportunities to all qualified engineers, technicians,\nstaff, and executives regardless of ethnicity or gender preference. We\u2019re proud\nand honored to sponsor the WTW Global Leadership Award to pay it forward and\nlift up a woman who is inspiring to us and others in this industry.\u201d – Ed De\nReyes, CEO Sabrewing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Iris Automation Entrepreneurship Award<\/strong>\nrecognizes an individual woman innovator who has significantly impacted the UAS\nindustry and possesses outstanding business acumen and innovative practices\nthat led to the success of her company, projects or the efforts of others. Iris Automation<\/a> is an artificial intelligence and safety avionics company creating\nproducts to safely enable commercial drone operations without human\nintervention. \u201c\u2018Trailblazing Spirit\u2019 is one of our company\nvalues, and we seek to foster it both in our employees as well as in the\ncommunity of entrepreneurs building the future of aviation, and so we are\nhonored to present this award to recognize an outstanding woman who has helped\nmove our industry forward.\u201d – Jon Damush, CEO of Iris Automation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Skydio Public Safety\/Service Award<\/strong>\nrecognizes an individual woman who serves the public in any capacity and\nepitomizes community involvement or betterment service-oriented activities\nindicating commitment and sacrifice, including but not limited to: humanitarian\nefforts (drones for good), public policy, military\/federal\/law enforcement or\npublic safety efforts, etc. \u201cSkydio<\/a> was founded on the belief that drones will have a massive positive\nimpact on the world, and that autonomy – the ability of the drone to perform\ncomplex tasks on its own – is the key to realizing that impact. By serving\nfirst responders, our products and technology allow them to stay focused on\ntheir mission, instead of worrying about how to operate the drone. That is why\nwe are incredibly excited and proud to sponsor the Skydio Public Safety\/Service\nAward. We look forward to hearing about the amazing women eligible for this\nrecognition and their stories of service.\u201d – Adam Bry, CEO of Skydio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Unmanned Safety Institute Education Award\n<\/strong>recognizes an individual woman teacher or instructor who actively engages\nstudents with drones, shares the value of drones within curriculum and develops\ndrone programs opportunities and programs and provides professional development\nto others as an ambassador for drone and STEM education. \u201cThe Unmanned Safety Institute (USI) <\/a>prides itself on leading the UAS industry in the development of a\nproperly educated, trained and proficient workforce.  In order to satisfy the human asset\nrequirements of the growing UAS industry, it will inherently require the\npromotion of diversity, equity and inclusion which is at the core of Women and\nDrones mission.  USI agrees that the UAS\nindustry presents an incredible opportunity for women to thrive and build\nexciting and rewarding careers with no limits on their successes and\nachievements.  We believe that this\noutcome starts in school and with an instructor or teacher who inspires future\nindustry leaders through their knowledge, passion and genuine desire to see\ntheir students succeed, even beyond their own expectations.  The opportunity to be the Naming Sponsor of\nthe 2021 Women To Watch award for Education is 100% aligned with USI\u2019s\nbusiness philosophy and we could not be more proud to sponsor this award and\nsee the many incredible candidates who will be nominated for this achievement.\u201d\n– Josh Olds, President, Unmanned Safety Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Volatus Aerospace Innovation Team Award<\/strong>\nrecognizes a team, group, company, agency or organization in the drone\necosystem that actively encourages and inspires women to disrupt and innovate\nwithin the UAS industry. Volatus\nAerospace <\/a>is Canada\u2019s largest,\ntechnology-enabled unmanned aerial solution provider. Steeped in aviation\nexperience, Volatus is dedicated to commercializing the full potential of\nunmanned technologies throughout the Americas and around the world. \u201cWe whole-heartedly see the need to foster innovation\nwherever we can and we are looking for diverse partners in industry and\nacademia around the globe to work in joint ventures and strategic alliances to\nbring the best of innovation and service offerings to our clients. The\nInnovation Team Award epitomizes who we are and what we are all about. We are\nproud to sponsor it.\u201d – Glen Lynch, CEO Volatus Aerospace<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FoxFury Team Spotlight Award<\/strong>\nrecognizes a global co-ed team, group, company, agency or organization in the\ndrone ecosystem whose overall work contributes to the positive public\nperception of drones (“drones for good”) while fostering a culture of\nfemale empowerment and inclusiveness where women are engaged in key roles on\nthe team and\/or in leadership positions “FoxFury\nLighting Solutions<\/a> develops innovative drone\ntechnologies that contribute to the continued advancement of public safety\nobjectives. We pride ourselves in supporting and fostering a positive culture\nthat celebrates our employees’ entrepreneurial spirit. We are honored to\npresent the FoxFury Team Spotlight Award to an outstanding company that\npassionately pursues drone innovation while recognizing the uniqueness of each\nemployee’s ongoing contribution.”  –\nMaria Cugini, Vice President, FoxFury Lighting Solutions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once all nominations are in, an illustrious\npanel of international judges will make their selections using transparent\ncriteria. Award recipients will be announced live and globally at the InterDrone \u201821 conference<\/a> in\nDallas, Texas during a plenary session and also honored at the annual Women to\nWatch in Global UAS Luncheon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to these amazing sponsors and other kind\ndonors, this year we will be providing these amazing women and teams with a\nmicro-grant for the first time. In addition to our amazing award namesake\nsponsors – Sabrewing, Iris, Skydio, USI, Volatus and FoxFury – several other\ncompanies have donated to the Women to Watch Global Fund at the Gold level\nincluding: Blackswift\nTechnologies<\/a> (Jack\nElston CEO), Transcend Air<\/a> (Peter Schmidt, COO) and Drone Industry Systems<\/a> (Mike DiCosola CEO). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add your own name or your company\u2019s\nname to this impressive list of generous donors by contributing to the Women to Watch Global Fund <\/a>to sustain and maintain this life-changing recognition program!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Women and Drones is pleased to announce that the milestone 5th Anniversary Women To Watch (WTW) in UAS Global Awards 2021 initiative has officially kicked off! The WTW program elevates the entire UAS\/UAM\/AAM industry by recognizing those who are making a positive difference in it. The nomination portal is open now and nominations are free! […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17928,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WTW-5th-Anniv-v3edit-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17927,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17925\/revisions\/17927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}