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.
Denmark may be a signatory to the Joint Strike Fighter program, but that does not automatically oblige it to purchase the fifth-generation combat aircraft.
New weather forecasting algorithms are being used to help North Sea helicopter crews avoid an infrequent phenomenon. Between 1992 and 2013, there were more than three-dozen instances of lightning strikes on helicopters in and around the North Sea; they were recorded when lightning had not been forecast but were seemingly prompted by the presence of the helicopter itself.
LONDON — The first Airbus A400M for the Turkish air force has arrived in country following protracted handover negotiations that delayed its delivery since late 2013. The aircraft, MSN09, was delivered to Kayseri air base on April 16 from Airbus’s A400M final assembly line in Seville, Spain, according to the country’s undersecretariat for defense industries (known as SSM), and is the first of two planned for delivery to Turkey this year. Airbus Defense and Space formally handed MSN09 over to Turkey on April 4.
