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 British Antarctic Survey is to test the Windracers Ultra UAS in the Antarctic summer to explore if autonomous systems can be used to collect science data.
Aquark Technologies is claiming a world-first by flying the cold atom system on the uncrewed aircraft with MBDA, Innovate UK and Wright Airborne Computing.
The order is second time lucky for the AW149 in Poland, as Leonardo was previously beat out by Airbus’ H225M—although that order was cancelled in 2016.
