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.
The U.S. says it has raised concerns with Russia about the behavior of its fighter pilots after a U.S. Air Force RC-135 intelligence-gathering aircraft was intercepted over the Baltic Sea in what it called an “unsafe and unprofessional manner.”
BAE Systems and the Australian defense ministry have completed trials of BAE’s Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS) guided rocket from an Airbus Tiger attack helicopter.
New Zealand-based Composite Helicopters International (CHI) says it received almost 150 orders after its development aircraft made their international debuts at the Heli-Expo 2015 conference in Orlando, Florida, in March.
