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 Government Accountability Office (GAO) stands by its July recommendation that Congress restrict NASA's spending on the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV), despite changes NASA has made to Lockheed Martin's CEV contract in response to GAO's criticisms.
Gen. Kevin Chilton, head of U.S. Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), has asked a team to take a clean-sheet look at what kind of space surveillance architecture the command will require in the future. Shortly after assuming leadership of AFSPC, Chilton convened a "focus day" to take a "broad-brush look at what we're doing in the space surveillance area," he said during a briefing at the annual Air Force Association conference in Washington Sept. 26.
The U.S. Air Force has completed site acceptance testing for the second AN/TPS-77 L-band ground radar at its Pacific Alaska Range Complex (PARC), and is mulling a possible requirement for a third radar in the region, according to radar manufacturer Lockheed Martin.
