Paul McLeary Named Senior Editor of Defense Technology International

Investments in top-quality defense journalists continue to enhance AVIATION
WEEK portfolio

NEW YORK, April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Defense technology journalist Paul
McLeary, who most recently was a freelance contributing editor for Defense
Technology International (DTI) magazine, has joined the AVIATION WEEK
editorial team full-time as DTI's senior North American editor based in
Washington, D.C.
Over the past year, McLeary has contributed stories about the Future
Combat Systems program, Stryker vehicle platforms, biometric technologies, and
the technologies being leveraged by terrorists. His most recent article in
April's DTI reports on his experiences while embedded in a Stryker brigade on
a mission northwest of Baghdad in the 19-ton General Dynamics armored vehicle.
Read the story on page 37 at www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aw/dti0408. Prior to
writing for DTI, McLeary was a senior writer at the Columbia Journalism
Review. He has also contributed to Foreign Policy, Los Angeles Times,
Christian Science Monitor, The Weekly Standard, Center for American Progress,
Mother Jones, The Guardian, and CBS.com, and has been a guest on NPR's Day to
Day.
"Everyone at DTI and AVIATION WEEK is excited to have Paul join us
full-time," said Gregory D. Hamilton, publisher, DTI. "Paul's enthusiasm,
superb writing skills, and breadth of experience in the defense and technology
sectors will enrich our print and online content and will provide vital
insight for an industry striving to serve the warfighter."
DTI, part of the McGraw-Hill Companies' AVIATION WEEK portfolio, is an
integrated media business dedicated to covering the interplay of defense
technology, funding, operations, programs and policies. Worldwide print
circulation includes 38,000 military, government and defense industry
decision-makers, as well as defense infrastructure opinion leaders and
influencers. In addition to the magazine, DTI includes events and web-based
products and services.
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