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.
Citing the likelihood of shrinking Pentagon budgets in the coming years, Rep. Terry Everett (R-Ala.) recommended a series of steps for overhauling the troubled military space acquisition process during a speech in Washington Nov. 10. "We're going to see budgets tighten in the next three years, and we have got to find a way to work around that," Everett said during a luncheon sponsored by the Washington Space Business Roundtable. "Congress is losing confidence in the acquisition system."
Northrop Grumman Chairman and CEO Ronald Sugar stressed the national importance of space exploration during a speech to the press in Washington Nov. 9, calling it crucial to future U.S. technology pre-eminence.
In its fiscal 2006 appropriations legislation, Congress is ordering NASA to submit two reports early next year on the future of unmanned aerial vehicles. The first request appears to confirm NASA's rumored plans to withdraw from the Access Five UAV airspace initiative in FY '07 (DAILY, Sept. 29).
