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.
A panel of leading scientists decried NASA's fiscal 2007 budget request for science during a hearing on Capitol Hill March 2, warning that it will dissuade young talent from pursuing science careers. The most serious impact of the FY '07 budget proposal is that it threatens to "significantly decrease" the output of the research community by cutting the research and analysis grant lines by 15 percent, said Joseph Taylor, Jr., a Nobel Laureate and distinguished professor of physics at Princeton University.
The Department of Defense needs a new comprehensive strategy for missile acquisition, according to Lt. Gen. Jerry Sinn, military deputy for budget to the assistant secretary of the Army for financial management. Army missile procurement budgets have been following a steady downward trend for the past several years, Sinn said at the Association of the U.S. Army's 197th Meeting of the Institute of Land Warfare Forum Breakfast in Arlington, Va., March 2.
Big questions about cost and technical feasibility still hang over the Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) official told Senate lawmakers during a hearing on Capitol Hill March 1. It still will be several more years before the FCS program's requirements are firm, according to Paul Francis, GAO's director of acquisition and sourcing management.
