Survivability awards announced.

• Position: NDIA NEWS

The NDIA Combat Survivability Awards, presented annually at the Combat Survivability Division's Aircraft Survivability Symposium, are intended to recognize individuals or teams demonstrating superior performance across the entire spectrum of survivability, including susceptibility reduction, vulnerability reduction, and related modeling and simulation.

The 2006 CSD Leadership Award was presented to Robert L. DelBoca, general manager of Northrop Grumman's defensive systems division for exceptional leadership in the field of aircraft combat survivability. DelBoca was instrumental in the pioneering development of laser-based Directional Infrared Countermeasures system and their rapid deployment on U.S and Coalition aircraft in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

The Combat Survivability Award for Technical Achievement was presented to Charles Liang for exceptional technical achievement in the field of aircraft combat survivability. For over 35...