Bill covers business aviation and advanced air mobility for Aviation Week. 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.
Australia is closer to achieving its “OneSky” goal of merging its civilian and military air traffic control systems after signing $936 million in contracts.
MADRID--Space-based tracking of aircraft is a technology equalizer that offers nations that lack radar infrastructure a way to quickly improve their surveillance capability, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) council president Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu said.
DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung and technology supplier Frequentis signed a joint venture agreement March 6 to offer remote tower systems to customers worldwide.
