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 is quickly mounting an alternate effort to develop thermal protection system (TPS) materials to protect the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) during a return from lunar orbit, after having disappointing results from the primary development program.
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors onboard unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) show considerable promise for helping counter improvised explosive devices, although so far the technology has not been used to its full potential by soldiers in theater, according to Lt. Col. Reed Young, product manager for robotic and unmanned sensors at Ft. Monmouth, N.J.
NASA Exploration Launch Program Manager Steve Cook says that the shuttle-derived Ares rockets should be both the most capable and safest human space flight vehicles in history. "It's a much simpler architecture than what we're flying today with the space shuttle orbiter combination that we've got," Cook said during a Space Transportation Association breakfast in Washington on Oct. 24.
