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.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) official Mary Kicza downplayed the importance of NASA's aging QuikSCAT satellite to hurricane forecasting during Senate testimony July 11, saying that its loss would not significantly affect predictions of when and where the storms make landfall.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is still holding off for now on plans to decommission Orbital Express, pending the results of U.S. Air Force senior leadership discussions about what else might be done with the two spacecraft.
In its report accompanying the fiscal 2008 Senate Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) appropriations bill, the Senate Appropriations Committee renewed its criticism of the Bush administration's budget requests for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
