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 — The U.K. defense ministry may waive its strengthened aviation safety standards in order to allow its newly purchased RC-135W Rivet Joint intelligence gathering aircraft to enter service.
London’s Gatwick Airport has begun a public consultation over its aspirations to host the first new runway in the southeast of England since the Second World War. Gatwick and Heathrow Airports were both selected by the U.K. government’s Airports Commission in December as possible sites for a new runway to boost capacity. Now, the two airports are putting together detailed plans to present to the commission later this summer, before a final decision on where the runway is to be built is taken after the next election in 2015.
