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 new group has formed under the leadership of former NASA science directorate chief Alan Stern to try to further the research and education potential of the current crop of suborbital reusable launch vehicles (RLVs) under development by industry. The Suborbital Applications Researchers Group (SARG) plans to have its first meeting Aug. 18 in Boulder, Colo.
AIR FORCE Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Integrated Systems Western Region, El Segundo, Calif., was awarded a $57,100,000 modified contract to provide a demonstration unit of the initial parts of the MP-RTIP for the Joint Stars E-8 platform. At this time, $27,200,000 has been obligated. Multi-Sensor Command and Control Aircraft Program Office, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (F19628-00-C-0100 P00174). ARMY
A National Research Council (NRC) panel is calling on NASA to re-establish an organization like the now-defunct NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC), which would nurture “visionary, far-reaching” ideas with the potential to revolutionize how NASA does business. The original NIAC was formed in 1998. During its nine years of existence, it received $36.2 million in NASA funding, of which more than three-quarters went directly to research grants.
