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.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied ITT Industries Space Systems' protest of Ball Aerospace's win of the contract to develop the primary instrument for NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM).
Exostar projects that its supplier communication network of 38,000 aerospace and defense customers should double during 2008, driven by two major supply chain integration efforts by its clients. The company hosts a number of secure collaborative computer applications through which its clients do business and share information with their supply chains. Exostar's network includes Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Northrop Grumman and EADS.
A National Academies "midterm review" of NASA's progress in implementing the recommendations of the National Research Council's (NRC) 2003-2013 solar system exploration decadal survey gives the agency passing marks for now, but projects it will fail to meet the survey's goals if current trends continue.
