Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington.
Born in a U.S. Air Force family, he grew up on military bases around the world and came to Washington in 1997 to work for Army Times Publishing Co. as a journalist. Steve helped launch the Military.com portal in 2000, then joined the editorial team for Aviation Week’s web site in 2001. He reported on the Pentagon for Aerospace Daily in 2002 and 2003.
From September 2003 to September 2018, Steve covered defense and aviation issues and managed staff as the U.S. bureau chief for Jane’s Defence Weekly and later FlightGlobal. He has covered aviation stories on six continents and won multiple awards, including the 2017 Aerospace Media Awards honor for Best In-Depth Feature on the effort to revive Russia’s commercial aviation industry.
Embraer delivered the first production KC-390 airlifter and tanker to Wing 2 of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) during a Sept. 4 ceremony at Anápolis air base.
The U.S. government has threatened to apply sanctions on international scientific organizations that collaborate with Iran on space launch vehicles less than a week after a failed test of a satellite launcher.
The response to rising threats of U.S. sanctions on buyers of Russian arms swung between open defiance and quiet caution at the MAKS Air Show here on Aug. 27, as President Vladimir Putin formally cleared the Sukhoi Su-57 to enter the export market.
