Tony Osborne

London

European Defence Editor at Aviation Week

European Defence Editor at Aviation Week, proud hubby to Dr Kubi, aircraft photographer (Canon user, obvs), RIAT volunteer, and #antigrowthcoalition member.

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Articles

Metrea Expands Into Aerial Firefighting With Dash-8 Fireswift

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Tony Osborne

Better known for its defense services, Metrea is now taking its first forays into aerial firefighting. With the global wildfire threat worsening through climate change, the company has revealed its Fireswift platform, a modified De Havilland Canada Dash-8-300 that the company says will act as a...
MTU Aero Engines Program Head Says Europe Must ‘Think Big’

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Tony Osborne |Robert Wall

Michael Schreyögg , head of programs at MTU Aero Engines, sat down with Aviation Week London Bureau Chief Tony Osborne and Executive Editor for Defense and Space Robert Wall to discuss everything from defense investments to future powerplant pursuits. Excerpts follow. AW&ST: The defense landscape in... Tony Osborne Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs.
Norway’s AW101 Successes Could Buoy Anti-Sub Warfare Variant Sale

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Tony Osborne

STAVANGER, Norway–Leonardo Helicopters is proposing to lean on its existing Norwegian training and maintenance capabilities as part of an offer to provide anti-submarine warfare (ASW) mission-configured AW101 helicopters to the Norwegian military. Norway is seeking a new fleet of frigates and...
Cellphone-Seeking Hardware Transforms Norwegian SAR Mission

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Tony Osborne

STAVANGER, NORWAY—A system that can locate a target cellphone at ranges of up to 20 km (12.5 mi.) has become the primary sensor for Norway’s search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopters. The country’s new Leonardo AW101 SAR Queen helicopters are equipped with a Smith Myers-developed Mobile Phone Detection...
Tests De-Risk Thales Airmaster Radar Integration For H160M

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Tony Osborne

LONDON—Testing has begun in France on a flat-panel active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the new Airbus H160M Guepard twin-engine medium helicopters destined for its armed forces. France’s defense materiel agency DGA is testing the Thales X-band Airmaster C radar set, which was...
Nordic Nations To Join NATO Aerial Refueling Initiative

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Tony Osborne

LONDON—Denmark, Finland and Sweden have signed a declaration of intent to join NATO’s Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet (MMF). The three countries will join the Netherlands-led pooling-and-sharing initiative, which flies nine Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transports (MRTT). Belgium...
Pakistan Confirms Plans To Acquire China's J-35 Combat Aircraft

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Tony Osborne

Pakistan says it will purchase the Chinese-made J-35 combat aircraft, confirming comments made by Pakistan’s air chief in early 2024. In a series of social media posts on June 6 that highlighted the achievements of Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif’s government, officials said Pakistan will...
Pakistan Confirms Shenyang J-35 Acquisition Plans

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Tony Osborne

Pakistan's government has stated that the country will purchase the Chinese-made J-35 combat aircraft, confirming comments made by the country's air chief in early 2024. In a series of social media posts on June 6 that highlighted the achievements of Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif's...
Ukraine’s Surprise Strikes Highlight The Danger Of Drones

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Steve Trimble |Tony Osborne

Poststrike satellite imagery revealed the charred remains of two Russian Tupolev Tu-95 bombers hit by Ukrainian drones at Olenya air base near the Barents Sea. Three Ukrainian attack drones struck a Sukhoi Su-57 fighter on June 8, 2024, at a base 365 mi. deep inside Russia. Satellite imagery showed the strike damaged the stealth fighter, a small victory for Kyiv in a long, difficult war. That isolated action a year ago proved to be only a warning shot—or...
UK Eyes Broader Nuclear Mission To Strengthen NATO Defense

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Tony Osborne

The Strategic Defense Review hints that the UK’s F-35B Joint Strike Fighters could be joined by conventional-takeoff-and-landing F-35As.The UK could seek a broader deterrence role in NATO and readopt the air-launched tactical nuclear mission on top of its existing ballistic missile submarines. Facing a new era of global instability, the UK is considering bolstering NATO’s deterrence strategy by participating in the alliance’s...