The GROVER E. BELL AWARD is given for an outstanding research and experimentation contribution to the field of helicopter
development brought to fruition during the preceding calendar year. The Grover E. Bell Award was created by Larry Bell, founder of
Bell Aircraft (now Bell Helicopter Textron) in 1957, in honor of his pioneering older brother, Grover E. Bell, who was killed in an
aircraft crash in 1913. Eligible contributions include sub-systems as well as systems. The award consists of a 3-inch gold medal
bearing the profiles of Lawrence and Grover Bell, a certificate, and a $250 honorarium.
2009 - US Air Force/Arnold Engineering Development Center National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC) Team
2008 - U.S. Army/NASA/Sikorsky UH-60M Upgrade Flight Control Team
2007 - Manned/Unmanned Common Architecture Program, Phase II, (MCAP II) Team
2006 - Dr. Valentin Kloeppel
2005 - The Boeing Company Unmanned Little Bird Team
2004 - MV22 Integrated Test Team
2003 - National Research Council of Canada Flight Research Laboratory
2002 - University of Maryland Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center
2001 - Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. NASA, U.S. Army Multipoint Adaptive Vibration Suppression Systems Team
2000 - Rotorcraft Pilot's Associate Team
1999 - Tiltrotor Aero-Acoustical Model Team
1998 - Rotorcraft Industry Technology Association Health and Usage Monitoring System Team
1997 - U.S. Army/McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems Longbow Apache Team
1996 - Bell Helicopter Ducted Tail Rotor Team
1995 - U.S. Army Aeroflightdynamics Directorate and NASA Ames UH-60 Airloads Program
1994 - NASA Full Scale Aerodynamics Complex
1993 - NASA Full Scale Aerodynamics Complex
1992 - George T. Singley, III and The U.S. Army Rotorcraft Centers of Excellence: Georgia Institute of Technology,
University of Maryland, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1991 - Bell Helicopter Textron 4BW Team
1990 - No Award Presented
1989 - Sikorsky Aircraft UTC "Shadow" Team
1988 - Sikorsky Aircraft UTC Systems Technology, Inc.
1987 - Boeing Vertol Company, U.S. Army Applied Technology Directorate
1986 - Franklin D. Harris, Bell Helicopter Textron
1985 - Army Applied Technology Laboratories / Sikorsky Aircraft ACAP Team
1984 - U.S. Army ATL, Ft. Eustis
1983 - Boeing Vertol Simulation Lab
1982 - Dr. Wayne R. Johnson
1981 - XV-15 Project Team
1980 - No Award Presented
1979 - Wesley L. Cresap
1978 - Hughes Helicopters, AH-64 Tech. Team & Sikorsky Aircraft UH-60 Tech. Team
1977 - U.S. Army Avn. Eng. Flight Activity
1976 - Sikorsky Aircraft, ABC Concept
1975 - Thomas H. Sanders
1974 - No Award Presented
1973 - No Award Presented
1972 - Jan M. Drees
1971 - Boeing Vertol, Model 347 Team & Hughes Tool, Engineering Team
1970 - Sikorsky Aircraft, S-67 Black Hawk
1969 - AVLABS
1968 - Sikorsky Aircraft, Flying Crane Concept
1967 - Edwin J. Ducayet & Bell's HUEY/COBRA Team
1966 - U.S. Air Force Air Rescue & Recovery Service
1965 - Paul J. Carpenter
1964 - No Award Presented
1963 - U.S. Army 11th Air Assault Division, Ft. Benning
1962 - U.S. Army Aviation Center, Ft. Rucker
1961 - Sikorsky Aircraft, Engineering Team
1960 - U.S. Army Aviation School, Ft. Rucker
1959 - Igor I. Sikorsky
1958 - Leon L. Douglas
1957 - Kurt H. Hohenemser
