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 London Heliport in Battersea currently enjoys an exemption from the EASA rule CAT.POL.H.305, which defines additional monitoring regimes that operators need to adopt when operating helicopters where there is no assured safe forced landing capability.