Brian Everstine

Pentagon Editor

WASHINGTON, DC

Summary

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, Brian covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times. Over a decade as a defense journalist, he has reported from dozens of bases at home and abroad, including austere airstrips in Afghanistan, the cockpit of a B-52 over the South Pacific and the boom operator station of a KC-46. Before the military beat, Brian covered the Washington state legislature for the Associated Press.

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Articles

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army has a series of Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) missiles almost done with production and ready to be deployed.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Buying counter-UAS as a service is part of the U.S. Army’s plan for more directed energy to target large numbers of attacking drones.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army is now the acquisition executive for the large-scale plan to defend Guam from air and missile threats.
Missile Defense & Weapons