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.
President Donald Trump on May 14 criticized the international supply chain model adopted by his predecessors for the Lockheed Martin F-35, saying the decision to globalize parts production for the stealth fighter is an example of “stupidity.”
U.S. Special Operations Command plans to transfer the pilots and support crews for the U-28A fleet to the Armed Overwatch platform as the new close air support aircraft enters service, an acquisition official said on May 13.
