Robert Wall

Executive Editor, Defense & Space

London

Summary

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific. 

Wall initially worked at Aviation Week from 1994-2012. Starting as a Pentagon reporter, he was promoted to European-based International Editor in 2005, managing a team of aerospace writers from Beijing to London. 

Wall left Aviation Week in 2012 to report on Europe’s defense industry for Bloomberg News. He then worked at the Wall Street Journal from 2014-2023, first as a defense and aerospace reporter and later as Tech News Editor, based in Silicon Valley. In 2023 he became editor of The Military Balance at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank. Wall holds a Master of Arts in International Affairs from George Washington University in Washington.

Articles

By Robert Wall
Europe would need about a decade to develop an independent human spaceflight capability, European Space Agency Director General Josef Aschbacher says.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Portuguese space component maker Omnidea says it has acquired what is left of British rocket startup Orbex, which folded this year.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Ukrainian weapons developer Fire Point expects to achieve the first ballistic missile intercept with its new Freyja system next year, CEO Iryna Terekh said.
Missile Defense & Weapons