Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.
Born in a U.S. Air Force family, he grew up on military bases around the world and came to Washington DC in 1997 to work for Army Times Publishing Co. as a journalist. Steve helped launch the Military.com portal in 2000, then joined the editorial team for Aviation Week’s web site in 2001. He reported on the Pentagon for Aerospace Daily in 2002 and 2003.
From September 2003 to September 2018, Steve covered defense and aviation issues and managed staff as the US bureau chief for Jane’s Defence Weekly and later FlightGlobal. He has covered aviation stories on six continents and won multiple awards, including the 2017 Aerospace Media Awards honor for Best In-Depth Feature on the effort to revive Russia’s commercial aviation industry.
Explosions on Polish territory near the Ukrainian border on Nov. 15 triggered an emergency meeting of Poland’s security cabinet amidst disputed claims of errant or intentional Russian missile strikes on the NATO member.
Some military analysts think the J-6 and other older Chinese fighters still may play a critical role in a Taiwan conflict, as a cheap, potentially reusable vanguard of UCAVs.
