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 recent study performed by Langley Research Center for NASA's science mission directorate recommends an airship as the best vehicle for the future exploration of Saturn's moon Titan. The success of the Cassini-Huygens mission, which landed a probe on Titan earlier this year (DAILY, Jan. 20), has sparked considerable interest in the mysterious moon - the only moon in the solar system known to have an atmosphere.
Raytheon is under contract from the U.S. Army's Communications and Electronics Command to expand the capabilities of its new Persistent Surveillance and Dissemination System of Systems, which fuses disparate sensor data to provide comprehensive, rewindable surveillance of a given area.
The U.S. Air Force on Sept. 28 notified members of Congress that the National Polar-orbiting Environmental Satellite System program has breached the Nunn-McCurdy cap of 15% cost growth within a given year. The Air Force has ordered an independent review of the program that should be complete by the end of the year, according to a service spokeswoman.
