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. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has sustained the second round of protests against Boeing's win of the U.S. Air Force's Combat, Search and Rescue replacement (CSAR-X) helicopter program. Losing bidders Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky have twice protested the choice of Boeing's HH-47 Chinook variant in a program to build more than 140 helicopters for an estimated price of $10 billion to $15 billion (DAILY, Aug. 20).
Honeywell anticipates placing at least four large multifunction liquid crystal displays (LCDs) in the cockpit of NASA's Orion crew exploration vehicle that could look familiar to pilots of business and commercial jets.
Boeing has won the $514.7 million production contract for the upper stage of NASA's Ares I crew launch vehicle, beating a team led by ATK that also included Orion crew exploration vehicle prime Lockheed Martin. Boeing's team includes Hamilton Sundstrand, Moog Inc., Northrop Grumman, Orion Propulsion Inc. and SUMMA Technology Inc.
