Jeff has been involved in aerospace journalism since the mid 1990s. Prior to joining Aviation Week, Jeff served as managing editor of Launchspace magazine and the International Space Industry Report. He has been the editor and chief of Aviation Week's Aerospace Daily & Defense Report since 2007 and has been a regular contributor to Aviation Week magazine. He received his B.A. from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
The Integrated Program Office for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite system (NPOESS) has selected the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) to develop the microwave imager/sounder sensor for the NPOESS constellation.
CHINOOK VANDALISM: A worker at Boeing’s Ridley Park, Pa., helicopter plant has been charged in the vandalism of a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter, according to press reports. Prosecutors at a news conference said the worker apparently was upset about being reassigned to another line, and cut a bundle of wires in the aircraft on the morning of May 10. The damage was discovered May 13, prompting a brief shutdown of the production line (Aerospace DAILY, May 15, 16). Another Chinook was found with a suspicious washer, but that case is still under investigation.
The Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason 2 spacecraft is gearing up for a June 15 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on a mission to help scientists better monitor rises in global sea level and more accurately predict climate change. The $432 million mission is a collaboration between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the French space agency CNES, and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT).
