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 Compact Kinetic Energy Missile program is seeking additional funding from the U.S. Army to keep it alive past September 2006 in the hopes of transitioning to a system development and demonstration program in 2008.
The unique X-50A Dragonfly unmanned aerial vehicle is poised to resume flight-testing at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona later this month, roughly a year and a half after the 2004 crash that ruined the first X-50A prototype.
The U.S. Army and interested European users plan to develop an enhanced unitary warhead for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System that would be capable of attacking certain hardened targets. "Right now, the warhead that we're using is enhanced for blast-frag effects," said Rick Vallario, director of business development for tactical missiles at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. "The European community wants to also ... incorporate some types of fortifications into the requirement."
