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.
Northrop Grumman has proposed a demonstration to the U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) in which U.S. military users would be able to tap Israel’s new TecSar/Polaris 1 imaging radar satellite for a period this summer.
LUNAR MOCKUP: NASA’s Johnson Space Center plans to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for a Lunar Habitat Mockup that would be used to evaluate RF wireless and RFID technology for use on the International Space Station or other Constellation modules. The habitat must be man-rated and electrically conductive, according to NASA.
A Washington-based analyst expects the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve the proposed $5 billion merger of satellite radio providers XM Radio and Sirius within the next few weeks, following the Justice Department’s March 24 greenlight of the deal. “We continue to believe the Federal Communications Commission will approve the deal as well, although battles over merger conditions will likely take at least a few weeks to play out,” Stanford Group Analyst Paul Gallant said March 25.
