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. Air Force is hoping to resume flights of the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from Beale Air Force Base, Calif., on Feb. 13, nearly three months after the November communications loss incident that prompted the suspension of Global Hawk flights at the base.
FAA's five-year road map for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) should be complete by the end of March and made available for industry comment by April, according to Doug Davis, manager of FAA's Unmanned Aircraft Program Office.
The U.S. Navy is delaying the Mission Reconfigurable Unmanned Underwater Vehicle System (MRUUVS) program, pushing back the contract award by two years due to a budget reshuffling. The MRUUVS is a torpedo-like 21-inch diameter UUV designed to be launched and recovered from submerged submarines for countermine and surveillance missions.
