Maksim covers aerospace developments in Central Asia for Aviation Week. He has worked for Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine and was in charge of several ATO sister aerospace publications after working for the Moscow-based CAST defense think tank.
Maksim has a degree in international relations from MGIMO University, Moscow.
United Aircraft Corp. is talking with the Russian military about the possibility of modernizing one its bestsellers—the Sukhoi Su-30SM two-seat multirole fighter.