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.
Turkey has carried out the first test firings of its indigenous family of air-to-air missiles with the aim of bringing the weapons into operation by 2020.
Sweden is experimenting with a passive radar system, a move that could see the technologies included in the requirements for future surveillance sensors.
The unstable landing of an S-92 helicopter on a North Sea oil rig could have been prevented if exceedances on the helo's HUMS had been correctly identified.