New European Editor Named at Defense News
Defense News, the premier weekly global source for the news and analysis of politics, business and technology of defense, has named veteran aerospace journalist, Andrew Chuter as the new European Editor of Defense News and DefenseNews.com.
Chuter’s impressive track record consist of approximately 30 years as a reporter and editor with aerospace and defense publications. He became news editor of Flight International in 1989. Before that, he was a reporter and then news editor of Jane’s Defence Weekly, and a reporter for Interavia, the monthly aerospace magazine based in Geneva.
“Andrew will bring added value to our international coverage, given his achievements and years of experience reporting on defense and aerospace issues,” said Executive Editor Rick Barnard. “In 2000, Chuter was named `Journalist of the Year,’ by the United Kingdom’s Royal Aeronautical Society for his coverage of the Libyan civil aviation industry.”
Chuter joins Defense News on February 4th and will be based in the newspaper’s London office. “I am delighted to be apart of Defense News,” Chuter said. “It is clearly the best in its field at coverage of the business and political issues that are so important to government and industry readers in Europe and around the world.”
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