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.
Shuttle prime contractor United Space Alliance (USA) says the ongoing strike of roughly 570 shuttle workers that began June 14 has not yet had any impact on the scheduled launch of Endeavour on STS-118 Aug. 9. Endeavour is scheduled to roll out from its hangar to the Vehicle Assembly Building on July 2, three days ahead of schedule, according to USA spokeswoman Tracy Yates. "We continue to operate under our strike contingency plan," Yates told The DAILY. "So far things are going safely, smoothly and on schedule."
Eager to do its part to alleviate noise-related growing pains in the air transportation system, NASA’s restructured Fundamental Aeronautics program has aggressive goals for making future subsonic and supersonic aircraft quieter. But with its slimmed-down budget, the aeronautics directorate is looking to other parties to bring its technologies to flight test and fruition.
Pentagon officials are lobbying appropriators on Capitol Hill in a last-ditch effort to shore up support for the beleaguered Conventional Trident Missile (CTM) program, with particular focus on the Senate Appropriations Committee. Worried about international reaction, Congress last year denied funding to CTM entirely (DAILY, Aug. 6, 2006). The Bush administration requested $175 million in fiscal 2008 for the program, which would tip submarine-based intercontinental ballistic missiles with conventional warheads for prompt global strike.
