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.
Government officials working on the congressionally mandated U.S. national policy on aeronautics say they expect it to be publicly released in December following signing by President Bush. NASA and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) co-chair the committee that has been working on the policy since last fall. The group also includes participation from the Defense, Transportation and Commerce Departments.
NASA's aeronautics mission directorate is reviewing an integrated proposal for continuing the agency's work in hypersonics that was crafted jointly by its Dryden, Langley, Glenn, and Ames research centers.
The second X-50A Dragonfly demonstrator was destroyed in a crash at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona last week, leaving Boeing and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) pondering whether the envelope-pushing program can continue. The mishap occurred at 7:46 a.m. Mountain time April 12. There were no injuries or property damage and the cause of the crash is not yet known, Boeing told The DAILY. An accident investigation is under way.
