Precision Strike Association's (PSA) Richard H. Johnson Technical Achievement Award, is named after the first recipient, and presented annually to recognize an individual from public or private sector for outstanding personal technical achievements resulting in significant contribution to precision strike systems. The recipient of this year's Richard H. Johnson Award will be honored during a luncheon at the Precision Strike Technology Symposium, which is being held 22-24 October 2019 at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, MD.
Dick Johnson, who was awarded the trophy posthumously, was an exemplar of such achievements, having personally led the design or redesign of more precision strike airframes than any contemporary. In a number of conflicts over the past two decades, the majority of weapon airframes employed were Johnson’s designs. His designs, or imitations of them, appear in nearly every nation’s military were precision strike systems are employed.
Criteria for selecting the annual award recipient are:
Primary Considerations:
• Notable technical innovation in the field of precision strike which advanced the defense of the United States
• Contributions as an individual
• Technical contributions which advanced state of the art
Secondary Considerations; a legacy of personal technical innovation and accomplishment which:
• Transcends a single program
• Has been widely felt by the warfighters who defend the United States
• Has influenced other technologists as measured by factors such as imitation, and mentoring
• Has made precision strike systems more widely available to warfighters who defend the United States
Other considerations:
• A record of innovation found in publications, patents, and similar public domain sources
The trophy is awarded each year based on the deliberations of a distinguished jury comprised of industry, government and military members, and of the PSA Nominating Committee. Nominations for the Johnson Trophy are open to any US or allied individual.
Deadline for submissions: Friday, 30 August 2019.
