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.
Having stopped development work on Canard Rotor/Wing (CRW) technology and the Unmanned Little Bird (ULB), Boeing's advanced rotorcraft division is focusing on the long-endurance A160 Hummingbird unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), according to division director Pat Donnelly. "With the limited resources that we have available, we can't continue to entertain developing four or five different systems," Donnelly said during the Association of the U.S. Army's (AUSA) annual symposium in Washington Oct. 9.
Although the Future Combat Systems (FCS) team remains upbeat about its technical and financial performance, the annual budget cuts levied by Congress against the mammoth Army modernization program are beginning to take their toll, according to program officials.
Top U.S. Army officials said Oct. 9 that the service's fiscal 2008 budget request will be submitted on time to Congress early next year, despite the fact that it has missed the normal Aug. 15 deadline for submission to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
