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 fiscal 2008 NASA budget approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee last week gives the agency a topline of $17.46 billion - $150 million above the Bush administration's request - which includes a number of plus-ups to various science programs. The topline recommendation is $1.175 billion above the FY '07 enacted level. The bill includes $5.655 billion for science, $554 million for aeronautics research and $3.972 billion for exploration systems. $4 billion for space shuttle
The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command has chosen BAE Systems Land & Armaments' Ground Systems Division for a $212.4 million order of more Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, the Defense Department said late June 28. The firm-fixed-priced delivery order is for 271 MRAP Category I vehicles, 16 CAT II Ambulances and 154 CAT Is for the Special Operations Command, as well as "sustainment integrated logistics support."
In a Senate Appropriations Committee markup hearing June 28, Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Subcommittee Chair Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) agreed to postpone the introduction of an amendment to the fiscal 2008 CJS spending bill that would add $1 billion to help NASA recover from the lingering financial effects of the 2003 Columbia accident.
