Robert Hewson

Robert Hewson has been a military journalist and analyst for 18 years, specialising in aerospace and systems technology. He took over the editor's chair at Jane's Air Launched Weapons from his predecessor, Duncan Lennox, in 2001. Prior to that, he was the Editor of the renowned World Air Power Journal, before establishing his own consultancy firm for the aerospace industry. He has worked on a number of open source and restricted projects, on behalf of leading defence concerns, and international armed forces.
He is a regular contributor to several other Jane's titles and has also written widely on aviation, defence and industry topics land, sea and air in several languages. Robert has made a wide range of TV and radio appearances, both in the UK and elsewhere. He also has substantial experience of military aviation operations, flying in a wide range of service aircraft from combat helicopters to front line fast jets. In 2007 he became the last civilian to fly in a Swedish Air Force Saab Viggen. He has been nominated for a Royal Aeronautical Society ‘Aviation Journalist of the Year’ Award every year for the last eight years.
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