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 U.K. defense ministry says it wants a vanilla fleet of upgraded AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to replace its existing fleet of WAH-64D Block I aircraft – but it is facing a difficult choice about who to approach for the upgrade.
