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.
Wary members of the House Science Committee pressed NASA and its two Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) industry partners at a May 26 hearing to provide reassurances that their efforts to supply the International Space Station (ISS) after the space shuttle retires will bear fruit.
After enduring flat funding for fiscal 2011, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) estimates a 90% chance it will suffer a gap in polar-orbiting weather satellite coverage prior to the launch of its first Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) spacecraft later this decade, resulting in degraded weather forecasts.
