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 Russian air force has become the first signatory to the Open Skies Treaty to use digital cameras on its reconnaissance aircraft. Details of the first wholly digital Open Skies flight missions were revealed in a recent edition of RAF Brize Norton’s station magazine. The air base in Oxfordshire acts as the main operating location for all Open Skies treaty flights undertaken in the U.K. From Aug. 11-15, the base played host to an Antonov An-30 used by the Russian Federation for its Open Skies mission, fitted with a digital camera suite.
