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 Peruvian air force (FAP) is to purchase as many as six Lockheed C-130Js and up to eight more Finmeccanica C-27J Spartans by 2021 as part of a radical overhaul of its air transport fleet.
The U.K. Royal Air Force has tested Finmeccanica’s BriteCloud miniaturized expendable active decoy in formal tests against a range of threat emitters during exercises in the U.S.
Lockheed Martin expects a green light from the country’s Defense Program Execution Committee later this year, which would result in requests for proposals and information during 2017.
