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.
Following the congressionally mandated addition of a fourth satellite, the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) program’s total estimated cost has reached roughly $9.24 billion, according to the service. The fourth satellite, combined with some additional development costs associated with the first three spacecraft, have caused the program to breach the 25 percent Nunn-McCurdy cost growth cap (Aerospace DAILY, Aug. 1).
MRAP PARTS: BAE Systems Survivability Systems, LLC of Fairfield, Ohio, will receive up to $9.8 million more under an existing contract from the Defense Logistics Agency for spare parts for U.S. Army and Marine Corps Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles. Deliveries are scheduled to be completed by Feb. 10, 2009.
Hurricane Hanna’s expected arrival off the east coast of Florida is delaying the planned launch of the GeoEye-1 remote sensing spacecraft from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., until no earlier than Sept. 7.
