Based in Washington, D.C., Bill covers business aviation and advanced air mobility for Aviation Week Network. A former newspaper reporter, he has also covered the airline industry, military aviation, commercial space and unmanned aircraft systems. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2017, he worked for Aviation International News and Avionics and Rotor & Wing magazines.
Bill was the recipient of the National Business Aviation Association's Gold Wing Award in 2017 and 2022 for his reporting on drones and advanced air mobility, respectively, and in 1997 received the British Royal Aeronautical Society Aerospace Journalist of the Year award in the business aviation category. He is the author of the book, Enter The Drones, The FAA and UAVs in America, published in 2016.
Eurocontrol signed a 10-year, €50 million ($62 million) contract with BT to provide an upgraded network for air traffic management (ATM) communications across 47 countries.
Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions will install and remotely operate “digital towers” at Scandinavian Mountains Airport, a new airport being built outside Sälen, Sweden, near that country’s border with Norway.
Inmarsat’s new-generation broadband satellite communications system, SwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S), has entered into commercial service, the company announced April 17.
