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 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to fly Northrop Grumman's Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to perform surveillance over Arizona's border with Mexico, following a successful series of flights using the Israeli-built Hermes UAV that took place over the summer.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has until Jan. 28 to make a recommendation on the bid protest filed by Space Imaging of Thornton, Colo., following the company's loss of the $500 million NextView contract to rival Orbimage of Dulles, Va.
NASA is pressing ahead with an accelerated plan for its Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) mission, despite a warning from the National Academies that the agency may be moving too quickly for TPF's design to take full advantage of lessons learned from previous planet-finding missions.
