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 Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Raytheon $6.7 million to spend 12 months working on the Network Centric Airborne Defense Element (NCADE), a new concept for an air-launched short-range missile interceptor based on the Advanced Medium-Range Air to Air Missile (AMRAAM).
The U.S. Air Force provided details this week on the quarter-scale Hybrid Launch Vehicle (HLV) demonstrator that the service hopes to develop as a follow-on to ongoing HLV trade studies. The suborbital demonstrator, tentatively scheduled to fly in fiscal 2012, will allow the service to "learn a lot about how to integrate the constituent technologies and a lot about the potential cost of a real system," according to Col. James Painter, director of strategic and developmental planning at the Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center.
CALIFORNIA, Md. - When it gets under way next year, the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) program must meet its cost and schedule requirements or risk cancellation as the U.S. Navy struggles to recapitalize its existing aircraft fleet, service officials told industry hopefuls during a BAMS industry day here May 17.
