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.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is calling for more oversight of the next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) program, whose initial cost estimates are close to doubling. Originally budgeted at $6.2 billion, the latest projection for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather satellite program is $11.4 billion. This has led NOAA to downscope the effort, cutting one of the five planned GOES-R sensors and potentially dropping the number of satellites to two.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) stands by its July recommendation that Congress restrict NASA's spending on the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV), despite changes NASA has made to Lockheed Martin's CEV contract in response to GAO's criticisms.
The U.S. Air Force has completed site acceptance testing for the second AN/TPS-77 L-band ground radar at its Pacific Alaska Range Complex (PARC), and is mulling a possible requirement for a third radar in the region, according to radar manufacturer Lockheed Martin.
