Every year, the MDA honors individuals and teams whose efforts have helped make missile defense a reality. Each year, there is one recipient of the Ronald Reagan Missile Defense Award, and multiple recipients of the Technology Pioneer Award.

Ronald Reagan Missile Defense Award

Since 2003, the Ronald Reagan Missile Defense Award has been an annual honor awarded to individuals or organizations to recognize outstanding support, innovation, and engineering or scientific achievement associated with technologies designed to defend against ballistic missile attack.

2013 Recipient: Dr. Ashton B. Carter

Technology Achievement Award

Established in 2010, the Technology Achievement Award honors individuals or small teams who have made significant achievements with technology that has, in turn, advanced the development and deployment of the current and future elements of the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense System.

2012 Recipient:

FTM-15 Flight Test Team

Technology Pioneer Award

Awarded from 2006 to 2009, the Technology Pioneer Award honored individuals or small teams who made significant contributions to the advancement of technology that, in turn, enabled the development and deployment of the current and future elements of the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense System.

All recipients are listed in our archive.

Past Recipients Archive

See biographies of all award winners from previous years in our archive.