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.
Employee attrition is up slightly among Boeing's space shuttle work force following the late August loss of the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) prime contract, although the company has not yet had any employees move directly over to Lockheed Martin's winning CEV team, according to Boeing Space Shuttle Program Manager Steve Oswald.
Lockheed Martin is ramping up to begin work on a 20-year contract for pilot training with the Royal Singapore Air Force (RSAF) that will see the company delivering simulators, courseware, flight instructors and PC-21 turboprop trainer aircraft. Lockheed Martin would not disclose the total value of the contract win, which was announced Nov. 3. The company will spend the next eight months conducting a training needs analysis with the RSAF to fully flesh out its requirements.
As it prepares to resume night launches next month, NASA is confident that it still will be able to gather useful imagery of the space shuttle during ascent, according to Program Manager Wayne Hale. "At this point, we're as confident as we're likely to get that it's safe to return" to night operations, Hale said during a news conference at Johnson Space Center in Houston Nov. 6.
