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.
An extended-range version of a U.S. Navy anti-radiation missile completed a successful first air-launched, live-fire test on July 19 over the Point Mugu Missile Range off the California coast, the Navy said on Aug. 3.
Lockheed Martin has replaced Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) as the supplier of the carrier-based ground control system for the Boeing MQ-25 Stingray, an unmanned tanker, a U.S. Navy official said Aug. 2.
