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.
Collins Aerospace has been selected to deliver up to 3,018 ACES 5 ejection seats over the next decade to replace the escape systems in five different combat aircraft fleets, the U.S. Air Force announced on Oct 2.
After devoting nearly 20 years to buying “exquisite” weapon systems and operating often in isolation from the U.S. Navy, the Marine Corps will spend the next decade revamping a force structure to use lower-cost platforms and integrate tightly with the naval fleets, Commandant Gen. David Berger said Oct. 3.
