David Cenciotti

David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.
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Joint Strike Missile (JSM) anti-ship and land-attack missile for the F-35 unveiled

On Nov. 29, the Norwegian company Kongsberg and the Norwegian Ministry of…

[Special Feature] World’s first nuclear aircraft carrier USS Enterprise retires. For the moment.

USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was inactivated on Dec. 1 after 5 decades of…

Europe’s first stealth killer drone “nEUROn” makes maiden flight

On Dec. 1, the "nEUROn", the technology demonstrator for a European UCAV…

U.S. Navy catapults X-47B combat drone for the first time

On Nov.29, the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator successfully completed…

New (still quite secret) Hit-to-Kill missile for the F-35 unveiled: the Lockheed Martin “Cuda”

Until a photo with an interesting caption appeared on the November 2012…

Surveillance camera video shows F-18 crashing into Virginia Beach apartments

On Apr. 6, 2012, a U.S. Navy F/A-18D Hornet crashed into Mayfair…