At the annual ceremony of the National Science and Technology Award held on January 10, 2020 in Beijing, the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) won three prizes for the National Science and Technology Progress Award in 2019，including a first and a second prize as the first research unit, and a second prize as the second research unit. 

The National Science and Technology Award is the highest award of China in the field. It is divided into five types: the National Preeminent Science and Technology Award, the National Natural Science Award, the National Technological Invention Award, the National Science and Technology Progress Award and the China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award. 

Previously, AIR has won a second prize for the 2018 National Technological Invention Award, two second prizes for the National Science and Technology Progress Award as the first research unit and the third research unit respectively.