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.
LONDON — Lockheed Martin and fficials from the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.K. defense ministry (MoD) are putting the finishing touches on plans for the F-35’s international debut in the U.K. this summer.
LONDON — Ukrainian transport aircraft manufacturer Antonov says it has completed state trials of its long-troubled An-70 airlifter. The trials, run jointly between the manufacturer and the Ukrainian defense ministry’s State Scientific and Test Center (SSTC) agency, have concluded the aircraft should now be made ready for serial production and entry into service with the country’s armed services, the company said April 14.
LONDON — The French defense procurement agency DGA has carried out a second qualification firing of the MdCN naval cruise missile, in preparation for the system’s entry into service later this year. Firing of the MdCN, (Missile de Croisière Naval) a variant of the MBDA-produced Scalp air-launched cruise missile, took place April 8 at the DGA’s Biscarrosse missile test center in southwest France. The weapon successfully struck a representative target on the weapon range. The first firing took place in July 2012.
