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.
During a hearing on Capitol Hill March 8, Rep. Jim Saxton (R-N.J.) said he "cannot think of a higher priority for funding anywhere in the federal government" than the budget for U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM). "SOCOM has concentrated and performed magnificently in Iraq and Afghanistan, but has had to neglect to some degree other critical areas of the world to execute its urgent combat missions," Saxton said during a hearing of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, which he chairs.
The House Science Committee is "disappointed" with FAA's fiscal 2007 research and development (R&D) budget request, and believes the agency's Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) should be better supported.
Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena say they're both anxious and confident as the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) nears the most dangerous part of its mission on March 10 - successfully entering orbit around the red planet.
