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.
Iris Automation on April 6 announced the commercial release of its Casio 360 collision avoidance system for drones, which it described as the first such onboard system with a 360-deg. radial field of view.
Space-based surveillance provider Aireon and the Civil Air Navigation Services Organization (CANSO) announced a partnership April 8 to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on air traffic flows of essential goods and services.
Atlas Air Worldwide and UPS are participating in a White House-led airlift to deliver critical medical supplies from other countries to the U.S. as cargo airlines ramped up their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
