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 U.S. Army has awarded iRobot Corp. the $286 million xBot contract for up to 3,000 military ground robots over the next five years, after stripping the award from original winner Robotic FX.
The first Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system satellite remains on track for a December 2008 launch with some margin to spare, according to prime contractor Boeing. Boeing and Ball Aerospace are developing the SBSS Block 10 spacecraft, while Boeing is working with Harris Corp. and MIT Lincoln Labs on the SBSS operations center. Sixty percent of flight hardware and software for Block 10 has been completed over the past year, according to Todd Citron, Boeing's program director for space superiority and special missions.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied ITT Industries Space Systems' protest of Ball Aerospace's win of the contract to develop the primary instrument for NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM).
