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.
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - The international community is starting to show keen interest in procuring the proposed follow-on to the Super Stallion helicopter, the CH-53K, according to U.S. Navy Capt. Rick Muldoon, program manager for the H-53 Heavy Lift Helicopters. Germany and France are among the countries actively seeking information about the K models, Muldoon said during a May 18 interview with The DAILY. The countries already have a data exchange agreement in place, he said.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Orbital Express spacecraft redocked with each other May 19 after spending nearly eight days separated following a critical failure of one of the two spacecrafts' primary sensor flight computers.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., is seeking proposals for the Mars Critical Data Products Initiative IV (CDP IV) program, which is aimed at reducing the risk and improving the science return of upcoming Mars missions such as the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL).
