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 House-Senate conference committee has granted NASA nearly its entire $16.2 billion fiscal year 2005 budget request, including money to jump-start the Bush Administration's space exploration agenda, although lawmakers still are skeptical about parts of the program.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began border patrol flights using Northrop Grumman's Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) last week, according to an industry source. "They're using two RQ-5 Hunters, and they're just going to be using EO/IR [electro-optical/infrared] sensors, and they're going to make flights up and down the Arizona border near the area of Fort Huachuca," the source told BA affiliate Aerospace Daily and Defense Report.
Several competing unmanned aerial vehicle missions are likely to be proposed for flight on Mars in NASA's next Scout competition, according to Andy Gonzales, program manager for NASA Ames Research Center's MATADOR project.
