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.
Boeing is distancing itself from a news story last week in which a company executive was reported as saying the Delta IV expendable rocket could be reintroduced into the commercial market as early as the end of this year.
In a bid to give future Mars aircraft mission proposals a better chance of winning funding, NASA's aeronautics mission directorate is backing an effort at Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., to refine the necessary flight hardware and avionics.
Boeing continues to analyze possible loads on latches that will hold the space shuttle's inspection boom in place inside the cargo bay, according to Stephen Oswald, vice president and space shuttle program manager at Boeing NASA Systems. Boeing makes the manipulator retention latches (MLRs) for the Canadian-built Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS). The company was limited to installing three latches rather than four, which would have required more significant modifications to the shuttle and cost extra time.
