Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.
Born in a U.S. Air Force family, he grew up on military bases around the world and came to Washington DC in 1997 to work for Army Times Publishing Co. as a journalist. Steve helped launch the Military.com portal in 2000, then joined the editorial team for Aviation Week’s web site in 2001. He reported on the Pentagon for Aerospace Daily in 2002 and 2003.
From September 2003 to September 2018, Steve covered defense and aviation issues and managed staff as the US bureau chief for Jane’s Defence Weekly and later FlightGlobal. He has covered aviation stories on six continents and won multiple awards, including the 2017 Aerospace Media Awards honor for Best In-Depth Feature on the effort to revive Russia’s commercial aviation industry.
Lockheed Martin has completed final assembly of the X-59 Low Boom Supersonic Demonstrator and is preparing to ship the experimental aircraft to Fort Worth for structural testing.
A U.K. Lockheed Martin F-35B became the first foreign airframe to be lost Nov. 17 when the aircraft crashed and the pilot ejected into the Mediterranean Sea after takeoff from the carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Ministry of Defense said.
This week in Dubai, the aerospace industry met at an international air show for the first time since Singapore 2020. Aviation Week Network editors discuss their impressions, the news and trends emerging from what turned out to be a surprisingly buoyant event.
