Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines. Tony has covered avionics, unmanned vehicles, the supply chain and cyberwarfare.
Emirati defense company Edge Group has unveiled a range of indigenously developed loitering munitions and a surface-launched anti-ship missile, demonstrating local advances in weapons development.
The U.S. Army has retired the Bell TH-67 Creek training helicopter as part of its transition to the Airbus UH-72 Lakota. The last of the TH-67s, a derivative of the Bell Model 206B3 JetRanger, made their final flights at Cairns Army Airfield, Alabama, part of the Army’s Fort Rucker Aviation Center of Excellence training center, on Feb 17.
