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.
Commercial satellite operators say they're willing to pay for anti-jamming and other protective systems on their spacecraft to assuage the security concerns of government users, but only if the government will restructure its procurements to encourage such investments.
With contracts being closed out and facilities turned over for work on the new Orion and Ares vehicles, the space shuttle has reached the point of no return from its scheduled 2010 retirement date, according to NASA officials.
U.S. Army Secretary Francis Harvey defended the service's vehicle armor strategy during a briefing in Washington March 1, touting the protection offered by the latest version of up-armored Humvee. The service has weathered criticism from Capitol Hill lawmakers for not moving fast enough to replace its more than 100,000 Humvees with a more robust vehicle that provides better protection against improvised explosive devices (IEDs), which remain the number one killer of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
