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. Marine Corps Systems Command has chosen BAE Systems Land & Armaments' Ground Systems Division for a $212.4 million order of more Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, the Defense Department said late June 28. The firm-fixed-priced delivery order is for 271 MRAP Category I vehicles, 16 CAT II Ambulances and 154 CAT Is for the Special Operations Command, as well as "sustainment integrated logistics support."
In a Senate Appropriations Committee markup hearing June 28, Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Subcommittee Chair Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) agreed to postpone the introduction of an amendment to the fiscal 2008 CJS spending bill that would add $1 billion to help NASA recover from the lingering financial effects of the 2003 Columbia accident.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ballistic missile defense program conducted a nonintercept flight-test at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in New Mexico June 26 The endoatmospheric test was intended to provide engineers with performance and aerodynamic data for the lowest altitudes at which the system might be called on to intercept a missile.
