Joe Anselmo

Editorial Director, Aviation Week Network

Washington, DC

Summary

Joe Anselmo has been Editorial Director of the Aviation Week Network and Editor-in-Chief of Aviation Week & Space Technology since 2013. Based in Washington, D.C., he directs a team of more than two dozen aerospace journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Under his leadership, Aviation Week has won numerous accolades for its in-depth reporting and deep dives into aerospace technology, including the 2017 Grand Neal award for “Top Brand/Overall Editorial Excellence,” business-to-business journalism’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. Writers from the Aviation Week Network also took home six honors at the 2018 Aerospace Media Awards in London.

In 2015, Anselmo and his team spearheaded a digital initiative that provides subscribers with fresh content every day via mobile phones, tablets, or desktop computers. To mark Aviation Week’s 100th anniversary in 2016, the publication’s entire archive – more than 440,000 pages of articles, images, covers and advertisements – was digitized into a searchable online archive. Aviation Week also has accelerated its push into digital media with regular podcasts, videos, data features, infographics and eBooks.

Anselmo has more than 25 years of experience as an editor and reporter with Aviation Week, Congressional Quarterly and the Washington Post Company. He has won three Aerospace Journalist of the Year awards. A graduate of Ohio University, he was elected three times to the National Press Club’s Board of Governors, including one term as board chairman.

 

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Articles

JOSEPH C. ANSELMO
A congressional increase in funding for the Space-Based Laser has allowed TRW to resume testing of a high energy chemical laser that was put on hold by the Pentagon two years ago. The Alpha hydrogen-fluoride laser is one of three key components scheduled to be brought together next year as part of a Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) effort to demonstrate the viability of high-power, space-based chemical lasers.

By Joe Anselmo
The U.K. is seeking bids for a new, long-range electro-optical reconnaissance pod system for Tornado and Eurofighter 2000 aircraft, part of a comprehensive program to upgrade its surveillance capabilities.
Defense

JOSEPH C. ANSELMO
NASA has signed a $7-billion contract that gives a private contractor responsibility for most day-to-day space shuttle operations, marking the first step in the agency's plan to partially privatize its fleet of orbiters. The Space Flight Operations Contract places about 85% of shuttle operations work and responsibility for the orbiters under United Space Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Rockwell International.