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.
As it transitions from engineering work to production on the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), manufacturer Lockheed Martin expects to lay off 250 employees from the program in April, with another 400 layoffs likely before the end of the year.
STREAMING VIDEO: The U.S. Army on Jan. 31 demonstrated for the first time the ability of Apache helicopter pilots to receive live video from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Live footage from a Shadow UAV was streamed to the cockpit of an Apache through Video from UAS for Interoperability Teaming Level II (VUIT-2). “This is a big step for manned-unmanned teaming,” said Col. Derek Paquette, Apache project manager.
EXPLORER 1: Fifty years ago, on Jan. 31, 1958, the U.S. launched its first satellite, Explorer 1, kicking off the U.S. space program in the wake of the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik the year before. Explorer 1 was launched from LC-26 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., onboard a Juno I rocket. The spacecraft was designed and built by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology under the direction of William H. Pickering.
