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.
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has promised lawmakers more releases of data this year from the National Aviation Operations Monitoring Service (NAOMS) pilot survey, although the agency has no plans to resume it (DAILY, Oct. 23, 2007). “We think that all of the goals of NAOMS with regard to aviation safety are being accomplished in coordination with the FAA in ongoing programs,” Griffin told the House Science & Technology Committee Feb. 13.
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin gave House lawmakers a “heads up” Feb. 13 that time is running out for the government to approve NASA to purchase more Soyuz and Progress flights from Russia after 2011, which will be essential for the support of the International Space Station (ISS) following the space shuttle’s 2010 retirement.
SINCERE DISAPPOINTMENT: House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) has written U.S. Army Secretary Pete Geren to express his “sincere disappointment” at the service’s refusal to release a Rand Corp. study that reportedly faults the U.S. government’s planning for post-war Iraq. The study purportedly cites a variety of planning failures, some by military personnel, some by civilians, and some systemic, such as a lack of coordination between agencies.
