2022 ION Annual Award Recipients

Burka Award: Elisa Gallon, Dr. Mathieu Joerger, and Dr. Boris Pervan 
For their paper “Robust Modeling of GNSS Orbit and Clock Error Dynamics” published in the Winter 2022 issue of NAVIGATION, Journal of the Institute of Navigation, Vol. 69, No. 4
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Distinguished Service Award: Dr. Frank van Diggelen 
For extraordinary service to The Institute of Navigation.
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Hays Award: Deborah Lawrence 
For significant leadership in the development and sustainment of the FAA’s navigation programs
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Per Enge Early Achievement Award: Dr. Li-Ta Hsu 
For outstanding research leadership and innovation in urban navigation and positioning
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PTTI Distinguished Service Award: Dr. Demetrios Matsakis 
For improving the U.S. Naval Observatory’s Master Clock by a factor of five over two decades, while personally making many advancements to international timekeeping
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Superior Achievement Award: Major Bryan A. Singer 
For leadership and outstanding instructional ability in the development of innovative training solutions for future combat search-and-rescue aviators
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Thurlow Award: Dr. Mathieu Joerger 
For significant contributions to integrity and continuity assurance for safety-of-life navigation
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Weems Award: H. Logan Scott 
For over 40 years of sustained contributions to GNSS assurance, including spectrum advocacy, invention of the Chimera authentication signal, and multiple resilient NTS-3 signal designs
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