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.
NASA's aeronautics program is being refocused on "core competencies" as the agency crafts a new strategic vision for aeronautics in partnership with FAA and the Defense Department, according to Administrator Michael Griffin. "We, NASA, do not see ourselves being the only stakeholders in aeronautics in this country and seek very definitely to find a partnership of people who can help us say what is it that needs to be done and what is no longer required," Griffin told lawmakers during a hearing in Washington Nov. 3.
The space shuttle program is facing a budget shortfall of $3 billion to $5 billion through its scheduled retirement date in 2010, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin told members of the House Science Committee during a hearing on Capitol Hill Nov. 3.
Roughly half of Boeing's Delta rocket work force went on strike just after midnight on Nov. 2, dimming hopes for timely launches of three waiting satellites from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Reconnaissance Office. There are 365 Delta employees on strike at Boeing's Huntington Beach, Calif., Delta facility. At Cape Canaveral, Fla., there are approximately 288 Delta workers striking, and at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., there are about 100 striking.
