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 Air Force on Aug. 26 held a wet dress rehearsal for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle's first West Coast launch - a Boeing Delta IV flight from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., which is scheduled to orbit a National Reconnaissance Office satellite on Sept. 30.
Air Force Col. John Insprucker, system program director for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, hopes the proposed merger of Atlas and Delta rocket operations will make the vehicles more competitive on the commercial market and take pressure off the service as it continues its "assured access" policy of maintaining two distinct launch fleets.
RAYTHEON/EADS TEAM CONCERNED ABOUT QUANTITY IN FCA DRAFT RFP - The Raytheon/EADS team vying to build the Army's Future Cargo Aircraft is concerned about the procurement quantity in the service's recent draft request for proposals, which has dropped from an expected 33 to a maximum of 30.
