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

Germany Funding Ukrainian Long-Range Fires Effort

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Tony Osborne

LONDON/ANKARA, Turkey—Germany has pledged an additional €5 billion ($5.65 billion) to aid Ukraine’s defenses and boost the country’s ability to strike at long-range against Russia. With the funding, announced during a May 29 visit to Berlin by Ukrainian president Volodymir Zelenskyy, Germany will...
Aero Vodochody To Develop Reconnaissance Pod

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Tony Osborne

Czech airframer Aero Vodochody has signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin to develop a reconnaissance pod. In an agreement linked with Prague’s purchase of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the airframer says it will produce a “next-generation Multi Sensor Reconnaissance Pod from advanced composite...
Aero Vodochody To Develop F-35 Reconnaissance Pod

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Tony Osborne

LONDON/ANKARA, Turkey—Czech airframer Aero Vodochody has signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin for the development of a reconnaissance pod for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. In an move linked with Prague’s purchase of the combat aircraft, Aero Vodochody, which is best known for the development of...
Indonesia Planning Top-Up Rafale Order

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Tony Osborne

LONDON/ANKARA—Indonesia has declared it will acquire an additional batch of Dassault Rafales from France, to add to the 42 it has on order. Plans for more Rafales emerged as the two countries’ leaders met in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on May 28, announcing ambitions to expand defense...
Final Dutch F-16 Bound For Ukraine Leaves The Netherlands

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Tony Osborne

The Netherlands has flown the final F-16 bound for Ukraine to Belgium, where it will be made ready for operations. The May 26 delivery marks not only the end of Royal Netherlands Air Force operations with the aircraft, following its replacement by the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, but...
Germany Lifts Ukraine Missile Range Limit, Hints At Taurus Transfers

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Tony Osborne

Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has provided the strongest hint yet that his country will provide KEPD 350 Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine. “We will do everything in our power to continue supporting Ukraine,” Merz said May 26, first speaking on German television and later writing on...
Sweden Purchasing VIP Global 6500s

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Tony Osborne

Sweden is acquiring two used Global 6500 business jets for the VIP mission, replacing a long-serving fleet of Gulfstreams. Defense materiel agency FMV says the 1.1 billion Swedish krona ($120 million) purchase also includes initial training of crews and technicians and will replace single examples...
UK Future Combat Air Demonstrator Assembly Advances

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Tony Osborne

LONDON—BAE Systems officials have hinted at further progress in the assembly of the Future Combat Air Demonstrator aircraft being developed to derisk the UK’s role in developing the trinational combat aircraft at the heart of the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP). The project is one of several...
Oil Spill Spray 727s To Be Replaced By Modified 737-800s

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Tony Osborne

LONDON—UK aerospace engineering company 2Excel Aviation has been awarded a contract to develop, modify and operate a pair of Boeing 737-800s for worldwide oil spill dispersant missions. The 20-year contract, awarded by Oil Spill Response Ltd. (OSRL), will see the two 737-800 freighters modified with...
Europe Makes Downpayments On New Defense Equipment

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

European efforts to bolster its defense industrial base are in overdrive as capitals around the region announce spending hikes and the European Union proposes measures to funnel more money into the sector. Key to those endeavors is a raft of programs that aim to help Europe retain its technology... Tony Osborne Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs.