Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.
Born and educated in Scotland, he graduated in aeronautical engineering and worked in advanced design at Hawker Siddeley Aviation in the U.K. before becoming an aerospace journalist. Before joining Aviation Week in April 2008, he spent almost 30 years with weekly aerospace news magazine Flight International, most recently as Americas Editor based in the U.S.
Graham is a winner of the Decade of Excellence award for aviation journalism, and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. He was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 Aerospace Media Awards.
In 2013 the Jesse H. Neal award for Best Technical Content was awarded to Graham Warwick and Guy Norris for their Advanced Propulsion feature.
Bell Helicopter will upgrade another 27 OH-58D Kiowa Warriors under the Safety Enhancement Program (SEP) as the U.S. Army moves to bring all of the armed scout helicopters up to the same standard by fiscal year 2012.
The U.S. Department of Defense has notified Congress of a possible sale of 24 new and 24 used Lockheed Martin F-16C/Ds to Romania, valuing the deal at $4.5 billion. The F-16 is competing against the Dassault Rafale, Eurofighter Typhoon and Saab Gripen as Romania searches for a replacement for its Israeli-upgraded MiG-21 Lancers. A decision is expected this year. Romania wants its new fighter to enter service in 2010.
Sikorsky will develop more durable rotor blades able to withstand sand and rain erosion under a 42-month, $11.4 million contract from the U.S. Army’s Aviation Applied Technology Directorate. The program is aiming for a blade life of 1,000 hours in erosive environments, compared with the 200-300 hours being achieved in Iraq. Sikorsky will explore new materials, coatings and treatments for the blade leading edge and tip cap and deliver a set of four main rotor blades and two tail rotor blades for testing on a UH-60L Black Hawk.
