Sonny works as a Senior Defense Analyst on Aviation Week Network’s Defense Market Analyzer, where he is responsible for creating market profiles on countries in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Prior to joining Aviation Week in August 2024, Sonny worked at Janes, where he focused on creating technical profiles for armored fighting vehicles and evaluating their use in various conflicts including the Russia-Ukraine War, and at Shephard Media, where he was responsible for providing armored fighting vehicle market forecasts for the Defense Insight product.
The DSEI arms expo provided the backdrop for companies to unveil new weapons and for government buyers to drive home a sense of urgency to develop systems at pace.
Berlin is rearming on a grand scale, considering voluntary conscription and enacting spending not seen since the days when Soviet tanks plowed into Prague.
