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.
Democratic members of the House Science Committee are concerned about NASA's inability to file a congressionally mandated annual report due in January detailing the agency's overseas contract work and purchases from international vendors.
The U.S. Air Force is revising flight procedures for the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle following the Nov. 21 incident in which the UAV briefly lost communications during its first operational flight from its new home at Beale Air Force Base in California.
ROAR RADAR: The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command has triggered a $10.6 million contract option with ITT Industries for the Radar Obsolescence Availability Recovery program for the AN/SPS-48E Radar System. The AN/SPS-48 (series) radar system is the principal three-dimensional air surveillance sensor on all U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and large deck amphibious ships. The contract will provide for continuing engineering and technical services to design, integrate and test the AN/SPS-48G(V) radar system upgrade.
