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.
Raytheon on Sept. 13 unveiled its plans to market a derivative of the military's Active Denial nonlethal weapon, and gave media the chance to experience the system's effects for themselves during a demonstration in Arlington, Va.
Polish Defense Minister Radoslaw Sikorski is downplaying recent media stories concerning negotiations with the United States to possibly deploy a U.S. missile defense site in his country. The U.S. has been exploring the possibility of a European missile defense site in Poland or the Czech Republic. But Sikorski, during a visit to Washington Sept. 13, said that recent media reports claiming that such discussions would be high on the agenda of U.S. officials and Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski during his current visit are exaggerated.
In partnership with ATK, NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate is planning a hypersonic flight-test next year from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia to study a problem that challenged aerodynamicists during the space shuttle's first return-to-flight mission last year. The problem is understanding the boundary layer transition - the point at which air flow over an aerodynamic surface traveling at hypersonic speeds (i.e., above Mach 5) changes from smooth to turbulent.
