Metis Awards & Recognition

At Metis, designing and operating spaceflight missions and ground systems barely scratches the surface of our experience. Our work continues to be recognized for excellence by the most highly respected organizations in the industry.

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U.S. Department of Labor

2025-2022 HIRE Vets Platinum Medallion Award
2021 HIRE Vets Gold Medallion Award
2020-2019 HIRE Vets Platinum Medallion Award
2018 HIRE Vets Gold Medallion Award

NASA Small Business Industry Awards

NASA Ames Research Center 2023 Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year to
Metis Flight Research Associates NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Ames Research Center 2022 Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year to
Metis Flight Research Associates
NASA Ames Research Center 2020 Small Business Subcontractor of the Year
NASA Ames Research Center 2019 Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year to
Metis Flight Research Associates
NASA Agency-Wide 2017 Small Business Subcontractor of the Year
NASA Langley Research Center 2017 Small Business Subcontractor of the Year
NASA Ames Research Center 2016 Small Business Subcontractor of the Year

Society for Human Resource Management

2019 SHIFT Award for Innovation in HR

Family Friendly New Mexico

2025-2019 Family Friendly Business Award

U.S. Small Business Administration

2022 New Mexico Small Businessperson of the Year to CEO Joy Colucci

TechConnect Innovation Award

Metis recognized for STIGAssist Technology in 2020

NASA Achievement Awards

2026 NASA Ames Honor Award to VIPER Mission team
2026 NASA Ames Honor Award to ACERO TCL-1 Field Test team
2026 NASA Ames Honor Award to ACS3 Mission Operations & Engineering team
2026 NASA Ames Honor Award to Autonomous Aircraft Taxi Test team
2025 NASA ARC Group Achievement Award to Advanced Composite Solar Sail System
Team
2025 NASA ARC Group Achievement Award to Assisted Hover Automation Study Team
2025 NASA ARC Group Achievement Award to High Altitude Traffic Management
Software Team
2025 NASA ARC Group Achievement Award to MMOC’s SOFIA IT Security and
Support Team
2024 NASA Honor Award to Starling Engineering, Operations & Experiment Team
2023 NASA ARC Honor Award to Starling Mission Team
2023 NASA ARC Honor Award to TechEdSat Nano Orbit Team
2023 NASA ARC Honor Award to Biosentinel Mission Operations Team
2023 NASA ARC Honor Award to UAM Strategic Conflict Management Simulation Team
2023 NASA LaRC Honor Award to SOTERIA Project Team
2022 NASA ARC Honor Award to Automation Enabled Pilot Team
2022 NASA ARC Honor Award to UAM Strategic Conflict Management Simulation Team
2022 NASA ARC Honor Award to Advanced Composite Solar Sail System Project Team
2022 NASA ARC Honor Award for Air Traffic Management-eXploration Urban Air
Mobility Airspace Project
2022 NASA ARC Honor Award for High Density Vertiplex Project
2021 NASA ARC Group Achievement Award to Aeronautics Projects Office Systems
Engineering
2021 NASA ARC Group Achievement Award to Flight Opportunities Program
2021 NASA Group Achievement Award to UAM Quadcopter Flight Dynamics Team
2021 NASA Space Flight Awareness Award to SpaceX Demo-2 Thermal Protection
System Anomaly Resolution Team
2021 NASA ARC Honor Award for ASRS for Unmanned Aviation Systems (UAS)
2021 NASA ARC Honor Award for Human Landing System Simulation Development
Team
2021 NASA ARC Honor Award for Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS) Rehost Team
2020 NASA Group Achievement Award for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Simulation
Development
2020 AIAA San Francisco Section Engineering Team of the Year Award – UTM team
member
2020 NASA ARC Honor Award for Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) Team
2020 NASA Government Invention of the Year award for “Unmanned Aerial System
(UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) to Enable Civilian Low Altitude Goods and Service
Delivery by UAS” technology as part of NASA ARC Team
2019 NASA ARC Honor Award for Aviation Safety Reporting System Team
2019 NASA ARC Honor Award for UAS-NAS ACAS Team
2019 NASA ARC Honor Award for Lunar Lander Demonstration Team
2019 NASA ARC Honor Award for UAS-NAS Team
2019 1 st Annual NASA LaRC Transformer of the Year, Partnership Category for TASAR
Team
2019 NASA Aeronautics Administrator’s Technology and Innovation Group Award
2019 NASA Software of the Year award for UTM software
2019 NASA Honor Award for ATD-2 IADS Field Demonstration Team
2019 NASA Group Achievement Award for TASAR/TAP Flights Trials
2019 NASA Group Achievement Award for TESS Mission Support
2019 NASA Group Achievement Award for New Horizons Kuiper Belt Object Flyby
2019 NASA Group Achievement Award for InSIGHT Entry Descent and Landing
2019 NASA Group Achievement Award for Dawn Flight Team
2018 NASA ARC Honor Award MDC Concept Study
2018 NASA LaRC Honor Award ATD-1 Research and Flight Test Team
2018 NASA Honor Award for Low Boom Flight Demonstration
2018 NASA Group Achievement Award for Juno JOI Encounter Team
2018 JPL Interplanetary Network Directorate Team Award
2018 HBG Peer Award for outstanding technical support for the Ocean Ecology
Laboratory
2017 NASA Group Achievement Award for Juno Orbital Insertion
2017 NASA Group Achievement Award for Comet P/2016 BA14 Radar Imaging Team
2016 NASA Group Achievement Award for DSN Planning & Launch Team
2016 NASA Group Achievement Award for JUNO Side-Swap Implementation Team
2016 NASA Group Achievement Award for New Horizons Pluto Encounter Team
2016 NASA Group Achievement Award for Dawn Mission Support
2016 NASA Group Achievement Award for TASAR Flight Trial
2015 NASA Group Achievement Award for Spitzer Microlensing Operations Team
2015 NASA Group Achievement Award for DISCOVR Mission DSN Support
2014 NASA Group Achievement Award for Spitzer Recovery Implementation
2014 NASA Group Achievement Award for LADEE Mission Operations Support
2013 NASA Ames Honor Award for SPHERES Mission Support
2013 NASA Ames Honor Award for TechEdSat Project Support
2013 NASA Ames Honor Award for LADEE Mission Support