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.
Everyone has experienced the frustration of a computer failure—booting, rebooting, calling tech support, re-rebooting and cursing the modern blessing of information technology. But imagine your computer crashing while piloting NASA’s Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle on a mission to the Moon.
DECISION UPGRADE: Under a $49.2 million contract, Ball Aerospace and Technologies will find and integrate science and technology that offers commanders and other Air Force personnel revolutionary ways to make better decisions through advanced interfaces with the service’s systems. Five research areas will be battlespace acoustics, battlespace vision, cognitive systems, collaborative technologies and system controls.
The U.S. Air Force is promoting technical standards for operationally responsive space (ORS) payloads and satellite buses, with an eye toward enabling quick and cost-effective block purchases of small military satellites. The standards effort began in the former Office of Force Transformation (OFT). In December, it transitioned to the Joint ORS office at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.
