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. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker said he is "very concerned" about the service's fiscal 2007 budget during a speech on Capitol Hill July 14, given the mounting costs of resetting equipment after it returns from theater. In June, Schoomaker told the House Armed Services Committee that the Army's reset requirement for FY '07 will be $17.1 billion, which includes nearly $5 billion deferred from the service's FY '06 request.
The American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is calling on Congress to increase the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) budget for unmanned aircraft and use Alaska as a test bed for experimentation to help with their integration into the national airspace. In a white paper provided to Congress for a scheduled July hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, AIAA urges Congress to appropriate $90 million per year for NOAA to buy unmanned aerial system (UAS) services starting in fiscal 2007.
The U.S. Army has begun training a group of senior leaders in lean/six sigma business practices and plans to begin applying these principles across its various processes to improve efficiency, according to Army Secretary Francis Harvey. The Army's business transformation is just as important as its force transformation efforts, Harvey said during a July 13 breakfast in Arlington, Va., sponsored by the Association of the U.S. Army's (AUSA) Institute for Land Warfare.
