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.
British Airways has been approved to use nine fully crewed Qatar Airways A320s to help cover a two-week cabin crew strike which is scheduled to start on July 1.
Hensoldt, which was spun off from Airbus earlier this year, signed a share purchase agreement with private equity firm ECI Partners, which owns Enfield-based Kelvin Hughes, the two companies announced June 29.
The addition of Germany and Norway brings the total number of countries in involved in the MMF program to four, including the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Belgium has expressed a wish to join the program in early 2018.
