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.
SOFTWARE AWARD: NASA has awarded an enterprise architecture services contract to Information Dynamics of Elyria, Ohio. The company will perform business and data architecture, technical architecture, architecture integration and governance, and compliance reporting services across the agency. The firm fixed-price blanket purchase agreement has a base period of two years, with three one-year options giving it a total potential value of $40 million.
Launch of the MEASAT 3A satellite has been pushed back indefinitely while manufacturer Orbital Sciences assesses the damage done after a crane struck the spacecraft on Aug. 9 local time at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch provider Land Launch was preparing the Malaysian communications satellite for a planned Aug. 21 liftoff on a Zenit-3SLB rocket. The accident occurred when a crane operator was moving a piece of ground equipment after the spacecraft was mated with the rocket’s upper stage, according to Land Launch spokeswoman Paula Korn.
IED JAMMERS: ITT Corporation has received a follow-on contract from the U.S. Navy valued at up to $1 billion for its CREW 2.1 Vehicle Receiver Jammers (CVRJs), which are mounted on vehicles to prevent the detonation of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Under the contract, ITT will build and deliver up to 15,000 additional CREW 2.1 devices, plus spares and related equipment.
