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.
U.S. Army Secretary Francis Harvey defended the service's vehicle armor strategy during a briefing in Washington March 1, touting the protection offered by the latest version of up-armored Humvee. The service has weathered criticism from Capitol Hill lawmakers for not moving fast enough to replace its more than 100,000 Humvees with a more robust vehicle that provides better protection against improvised explosive devices (IEDs), which remain the number one killer of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The commission charged with studying the future of the National Guard and Reserves released a report to Congress March 1 that agrees with some of the provisions of pending legislation that would make sweeping changes to the organizations, but stops short of fully endorsing all its provisions.
Impacts from micrometeoroids and orbital debris represent a "high safety risk" to the International Space Station (ISS) and its crew, according to a report from a congressionally mandated task force. While the ISS is a "robust and sound program" in terms of safety, the risk of a micrometeoroid or orbital debris (MMOD) impact penetrating the outpost during the decade after its completion is 55 percent, with a 9 percent chance of a catastrophic hit, according to the ISS Independent Safety Task Force (IISTF).
