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. Air Force Reserve Chief Lt. Gen. John Bradley says he's concerned about the nation's strategic airlift capability, given the current procurement numbers for the C-17. "Frankly, I worry a lot about our strategic airlift capability in the United States," Bradley said during a Dec. 5 breakfast on Capitol Hill. "We have about the same amount of C-5s that we have had for a number of years, but we got rid of 280 C-141s."
NASA has unveiled early plans for establishing a lunar base at either the south or north poles of the moon that would be home to future astronauts staying up to 180 days following NASA's return to the moon before the end of the next decade. The polar regions are considered desirable because of the large amount of sunlight they receive, their relative lack of temperature variation, and the fact that little is known about them scientifically. Right now the agency is leaning toward the south pole.
France's national space agency CNES and Ifremer, a French supplier of in-situ oceanography data, have agreed to reinforce efforts to develop operational oceanography services.
