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. Army is requesting $130 billion in fiscal 2008 and $140.7 billion in FY '09, after successfully making the case to Pentagon leaders last year that it needed more money to fulfill its duties as spelled out in the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR).
The Department of Defense is proceeding with a new joint concept technology demonstration (JCTD) led by the U.S. Air Force and Navy that will allow nodes in an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) network to take over and direct datalink-equipped weapons to their targets. The JCTD just received approval from Congress and will have its first demonstration in two months, according to John Wilcox, JCTD program director at the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD).
U.S. troops are now finding and defusing nearly half of the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Iraq, and casualties from the devices are holding steady despite a sharp increase in the number being placed, according to the chief scientist for the Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO).
