Aeroserve Technologies of Carp Ontario Canada was honored at the 25th Annual National Space Symposium Dinner on 2 April 2009 with a Recognition Award from the Space Foundation for work in improving vehicle aerodynamics. This ceremony held at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Working with vortex generators originally developed by Gary Wheeler and tested extensively by NASA for flow control, Aeroserve refined and commercialized the technology resulting in their Airtab® product range.

Airtabs are small, lightweight very low drag vortex generators that help to bridge the gap between tractor and trailer and also smooth the airflow at the back of any bluff-bodied vehicle. Savings in fuel average 3% in extensive real world applications. They are lightweight and easily installed. Improvements in handling and reduction in spray behind the vehicle have been important side effects of improved airflow.

This commendation is part of the induction of the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Aerodynamic Vehicle Design Program team into the Space Technology Hall of Fame.

The Space Technology Hall of Fame was created in 1988 by the Space Foundation, in cooperation with NASA, to increase public awareness of the benefits resulting from space exploration programs and to encourage further innovation. To date, the Space Foundation has inducted 59 technologies as well as honoring the organizations and individuals who transformed space technology into commercial products that improve the quality of life for all humanity.

Airtabs are marketed in Canada and the United States by Airtab, LLC of Loveland Colorado and in Europe, Asia, Central and South America by WorldCrest Management Inc of Ottawa; Australasian Transportation Technologies markets to Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia.