Lilienthal Prize

A regular feature of the Aerospace Day is the presentation of the Berlin-Brandenburg Lilienthal Prize.
The Lilienthal Prize is awarded to small and medium enterprises for especially innovative services to the aerospace industry that are close to the market. Yardsticks for evaluating the proposals submitted are their value as out of the ordinary and exemplary innovations, proof of their market relevance and the practical maturity of the plans to market as presented. Special interest is shown in proposals that serve to develop new technologies or processes or to develop them further, to improve companies’ competitive edge, to increase the export share of technology-intensive goods and services, to promote the economic development of problem locations and to secure jobs.

Aim
The aim is to present participating companies to a wider public and to enhance Berlin-Brandenburg’s role and image as a leading aviation location.

Annual Event
The event is held annually as an important regional platform of the aerospace industry in the capital city region.
Lilienthal Prize Winners

2011
STEMME AG (Strausberg) – for the new S15 –Patroller

2010
Astro- und Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH – wins prize for development of so-called “bus components”, i.e. containers in which mini satellites can be piggy-backed into space by rockets and smoothly swung into orbit at exactly the right moment and in exactly the right position.
Berlin Brandenburg Aerospace Technology AG (BBAT) – wins Lilienthal Special Prize 2010 for creating successful joint venture of small and medium-sized companies.

2009
Carl Zeiss Optronics GmbH (Oberkochen) – wins prize for development of new early warning system (Mivotherm“, i.e. a system detecting bird aircraft strike hazards.
RBB – TV broadcast of 6 May 2009

2008
FTI Group Ltd. (Dahlewitz) – wins prize for the development of a video-based measuring system (AMS) for aerial refuelling

2008
AneCom AeroTest GmbH (Wildau) – wins prize for the development of a modular testing system for aerodynamic and acoustic jet engine fan testing

2008
Intellifast GmbH (Speyer) – wins prize for the development of sensor systems in difficult environmental conditions (Permanent Mounted Transducer System – PMTS)

2007
CryoSnow GmbH (Berlin) – wins prize for the development of CO2 snow jet cleaning trolley

2007
Special category “Airport of the Future“
Dr. Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers, Dr. Heiko Richter, Prof. Dr. Alexei Semenov,
(German Aerospace Centre e.V. Berlin-Adlershof) - wins prize for the development of terahertz scanner for airport security checks

2007
Special category „Airport of the Future“
Dipl.-Ing. Torsten Elster (Karp GmbH), Anke Hentschel, M.A. (Projektlogistik GmbH)
Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Mario Henning (Projektlogistik GmbH) - wins prize for the development of a CASTaF system (Computer Aided Screening, Tracking and Fixing

2006
Aqua Rotter GmbH – for developing a washroom system for the Airbus A380

2005
AneCom AeroTest GmbH – for an entire package of engineering services to validate experimentally the components of a gas turbine for aero engines 

2004
Holmberg GmbH & Co. KG – for the digital handset

Lilienthal Prize Foundation
The Lilienthal Prize was inaugurated in 2004. Under the patronage of Brandenburg state premier Matthias Platzeck and Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit of Berlin, the prize has become an increasingly prestigious award for new products and services in connection with aerospace.
After the initial award, made as part of the Berlin Air Show (ILA) in 2004, and a second successful presentation at the Berlin-Brandenburg Aerospace Day in May 2005, the prize was again awarded on 15 May 2006.
To ensure that a wide base exists for the prize and to anchor it on a long-term basis, since 2006 the prize has been awarded by the Lilienthal Prize Foundation.

Further information
www.lilienthalpreis.de 
Photos
2006 award ceremony at Schönefelder Kreuz Aerospace Technology Centre