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. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to spend about $300 million over the next six years studying technologies and concepts for possible future space-based missile defenses, according to MDA Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Trey Obering. Out of MDA's $8.9 billion budget request for fiscal 2008, $10 million will kick off studies on a Space Based Interceptor Test Bed. This is down from the agency's FY '07 guidance, in which it planned to spend $45 million in FY '08 (DAILY, Feb. 26).
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to collaborate with the governments of Poland and the Czech Republic on videos and other educational material to help sway citizens in both countries who oppose the idea of basing U.S. missile defense sites there.
NASA has added $385 million to Lockheed Martin's development contract for the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV), delaying the company's original targeted delivery date for the vehicle by two years to synchronize its arrival with other Constellation program hardware.
