Over 90 Years of Editorial Excellence
AVIATION WEEK has been hailed as the #1 source for aerospace and defense intelligence for over 92 years. Our editors are considered industry experts, and recognized with national and international accolades. They have global perspectives, local knowledge, access to the right sources, and the ability to "connect the dots". Decision makers rely on their unique perspectives found nowhere else.
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EDITORIAL LEADERSHIP TEAM
Anthony Velocci, Jr.
Editorial Director AVIATION WEEK, Editor-in-Chief Aviation Week & Space Technology
velocci@aviationweek.com
212-904-6160
Tony is the editorial leader of AVIATION WEEK products and services as well as the Editor-In-Chief of the flagship, Aviation Week & Space Technology. Prior to his appointment to the magazine's top editorial post, he was Northeast Bureau Chief and Senior Business Editor of Aviation Week & Space Technology. Tony joined The McGraw-Hill Companies in 1989 as Editor-in-Chief of Defense World magazine. He has received numerous journalism awards, including The McGraw-Hill Companies' Corporate Achievement Award for Editorial Excellence and the Royal Aeronautical Society's 2002 Aerospace Journalist of the Year award (business/financial category) and 2006 award (air show category). Tony worked for a variety of business, financial and defense related publications before joining AVIATION WEEK. He is a graduate of Syracuse University and a member of the board of advisors of the University of Tennessee's Aerospace M.B.A. program.
James R. Asker
Executive Editor
asker@aviationweek.com
202-383-2305
Jim is the Executive Editor for AVIATION WEEK and the managing editor of Aviation Week & Space Technology. He has covered aerospace for more than 20 years and won numerous awards for his reporting and commentary. He directed AVIATION WEEK's coverage of the Columbia space shuttle accident, which was recognized with a 2004 Jesse H. Neal Award, the trade press equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize, and was finalist in two categories in 2005. And in 2006, Jim won Journalist of the Year honors from the Royal Aeronautical Society and has twice won a McGraw-Hill Corporate Achievement Award. Jim began covering space programs as a science reporter for The Houston Post, where he led the paper's prize-winning coverage of the Challenger shuttle accident and its aftermath and was a finalist in NASA’s Journalist In Space program. Jim is a graduate of Rice University and was a Knight Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At MIT and Harvard, his studies included arms control, the Soviet military and U.S. defense planning and budgeting.
Michael Bruno
Deputy Managaing Editor, Defense, Space and Security
michael_bruno@aviationweek.com
202-383-2375
Michael is the Deputy Managing Editor for Defense and also covers national security policymaking, budgets and congressional affairs. Prior to coming to AVIATION WEEK in 2005, Michael was a reporter for Washington Post and BNA publications covering technology, business and federal acquisition. He received a master's in print journalism from Syracuse University in 1998, and a bachelor's in philosophy, psychology and communications studies from Vanderbilt University in 1997.
William Garvey
Deputy Managing Editor, Business Aviation
william_garvey@aviationweek.com
203-244-5096
Bill is Editor-in-Chief of Business & Commercial Aviation. Previously, he served as Managing Editor of Aviation Week Television. Before joining the McGraw-Hill Companies, he was the top editor for both Flying and Professional Pilot magazines, as well as a member of the senior editorial staff at Reader's Digest. He managed communications for FlightSafety International. Bill has authored or co-authored three aviation books, was an essayist for National Public Radio, wrote aviation documentaries for The Discovery Channel, and served as host of "Aviator's World," a cable television series. During his stewardship at Business & Commercial Aviation, the monthly magazine has received dozens of awards for editorial excellence. Bill is an active pilot with a Commercial license; he also holds multiengine, instrument, seaplane and glider ratings.
Frank Jackman
Deputy Managing Editor, Commercial Air Transport/Maintenance Repair and Overhaul
frank_jackman@aviationweek.com
202-383-2431
Frank Jackman is Editorial Director of Overhaul & Maintenance (O&M) magazine and the World Aerospace Database. He joined AVIATION WEEK in 1987, and is recognized by industry for his expertise in the MRO community. In 1995, Frank won the Eugene Dubois Award for journalism excellence from the North American Airline Public Relations Association and twice has been part of teams that have won Corporate Achievement Awards from McGraw-Hill. Prior to joining the McGraw-Hill Companies, he was a reporter for the Tampa Tribune. Frank received a BA in journalism from Washington & Lee University.
Robert Wall
International Editor
wall@aviationweek.com
44-20-7146-2524
Based in London, Robert oversees - AVIATION WEEK editorial operations in Europe and Asia. Prior to assuming that role, he covered the Pentagon for Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine for 15 years and served as Paris Bureau Chief for five years. Robert covered the Kosovo, Afghanistan and 2003 Iraq wars, including participating in various missions on reconnaissance and command and control aircraft, as well as helicopters. Before joining AVIATION WEEK, he compiled and served as managing editor for the Worldwide Directory of Defense Authorities. Robert holds an M.A. in international relations from the George Washington University
Graham Warwick
Senior Editor, Technology
warwick@aviationweek.com
202-383-3631
Graham Warwick leads our 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 UK 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.
Guy Norris
Senior Editor
guy_norris@aviationweek.com
949-387-7253
Guy is Senior Editor for AVIATION WEEK. Guy was previously with Flight International, first as technical editor based in the U.K. and most recently as U.S. West Coast editor. Before joining Flight, he was London correspondent for Interavia, part of Jane's Information Group. Guy is a multiple winner of the Royal Aeronautical Society Aerospace Journalist of the Year Award in the Air Transport, Propulsion and Systems/Technology categories, and in 2006 he received the Royal Aeronautical Society Decade of Excellence Award for sustained achievement in aerospace journalism. Amongst other works Guy has authored the aerospace section of a science encyclopedia and co-authored, and produced an educational aviation CD-ROM. Guy has authored more than a dozen books on the air transport industry and been honored with several journalism awards including the several books on the histories of Airbus, Boeing and other airframe manufacturers.
Ed Hazelwood
Editor-In-Chief, Conferences
ed_hazelwood@aviationweek.com
202-383-2358
Ed has spent more than 20 years reporting on aviation, aerospace and defense. Currently he organizes aviation/aerospace conferences in the U.S., Europe and Asia. He has been chief correspondent for a national television news program devoted to aviation and wrote extensively on aerospace in Russia and China and ballistic missile defense in the United States. Ed does significant public speaking at aviation and aerospace events and conferences around the world. He has won numerous awards in journalism, including the International Award for Best Continuing Coverage of a news story by the Radio and Television News Directors Association, the Associated Press Regional Broadcast Award for coverage of the Walker espionage case, and Best Individual Effort by a Reporter from Associated Press for uncovering fraud, waste and abuse in Virginia government. Ed received his B.S. Mass Communications from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Commercial Aviation Editorial Team - Jennifer Michels, Team Leader
Business Aviation Editorial Team - William Garvey, Team Leader
