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.
NASA's top leaders are sponsoring an internal mission oversight group that will go over the agency's work with a "fine-toothed comb" to ensure all activities support NASA's overall mission goals, according to Administrator Michael Griffin.
After adjusting to a five-year, $3 billion cut, NASA's Mars exploration program is "stabilizing" and mission plans are firming up, but there is very little program reserve for dealing with delays or overruns, according to Doug McCuistion, the agency's head of Mars exploration.
Jefferson Morris (Aviation Week & Space Technology)
Information technology has become the essential ingredient for keeping increasingly dispersed global aerospace supply chains connected and enabling new levels of efficiency in lean manufacturing. The biggest mistake that aerospace and defense suppliers can make is failing to recognize the crucial importance of IT to their future, according to Bill Lewandowski, vice president for supplier management of the Aerospace Industries Assn.
