Bill covers business aviation and advanced air mobility for Aviation Week Network. A former newspaper reporter, he has also covered the airline industry, military aviation, commercial space and unmanned aircraft systems. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2017, he worked for Aviation International News and Avionics and Rotor & Wing magazines.
Bill was the recipient of the National Business Aviation Association's Gold Wing Award in 2017 and 2022 for his reporting on drones and advanced air mobility, respectively, and in 1997 received the British Royal Aeronautical Society Aerospace Journalist of the Year award in the business aviation category. He is the author of the book, Enter The Drones, The FAA and UAVs in America, published in 2016.
Fractional fleet operator Flexjet and satellite communications provider Viasat have reached an agreement on installation of Ka/Ku-band inflight connectivity systems on select Flexjet aircraft.
U.S. lawmakers and space industry executives support a future FAA role in managing the increasing density of space debris and satellites in orbit, suggest remarks made during a hearing of the House Transportation aviation subcommittee.
The majority of high-level corporate executives who responded to an online survey said they expect to conduct more in-person meetings in the future than they typically did before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to private-aviation fleet operator VistaJet.
