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.
ALTAIR STUDIES: NASA has chosen five companies to receive a total of $1.5 million in study contracts to evaluate NASA’s in-house design concepts for its Altair lunar lander. The selected companies are Andrews Space, Boeing, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Northrop Grumman and Odyssey Space Research. Each company received no more than $350,000, NASA says. The Altair is intended to deliver four astronauts to the lunar surface by 2020.
A March 7 story on the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 maintenance award to Boeing should have identified Alabama Aircraft Industries Inc. (AAII) as the recipient of the March 7 Air Force debriefing rather than Pemco.
HEMTT ORDER: Oshkosh Corporation will build another 1,084 heavy expanded mobility tactical trucks (HEMTTs) in the A4 configuration under a $321 million contract modification received from the U.S. Army. The new order raises the total of Oshkosh HEMTT A4s under contract to 1,745, according to the company. Production of the vehicles is slated to begin in July.
