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.
The FAA has suspended the use of an automated system at New York JFK International Airport that allows drone operators to request and obtain authorization to fly in the vicinity of the New York City airport.
The FAA has suspended the use at John G. Kennedy International Airport of an automated system that allows drone operators to request and obtain authorization to fly near the New York facility.
L3Harris Technologies has selected Collins Aerospace to provide avionics for the U.S. Air Force’s C-130H Avionics Modernization Program Increment 2 (AMP INC 2) upgrade of 176 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Hercules turboprops.
