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.
As expected, Northrop Grumman has formally announced its intention to propose a maritime variant of its U.S. Air Force Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the U.S. Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) program next year.
A new study from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) examines a variety of alternative launch programs to support NASA's plans to return astronauts to the moon by 2018 that range from $26 billion to $38 billion through 2017.
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has completed its first week of science observations and all of its instruments are working normally, the agency announced Oct. 16. From Sept. 29 to Oct. 6, the spacecraft's science instruments surveyed dozens of sites that reflect different episodes in Mars' history. The orbiter will begin its primary science mission phase in early November when Mars re-emerges from conjunction, when it will pass nearly behind the sun.
