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.
House Science space subcommittee Chairman Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) plans to contact Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) to discuss NASA in advance of the upcoming House-Senate conference on the agency's authorization bill.
NASA engineers are analyzing several instances of debris coming loose during Discovery's July 26 launch, some of which may have damaged the orbiter, but shuttle managers say they are not overly concerned yet. One of the damage areas is near Discovery's nose wheel landing gear door, where cameras showed a fragment of thermal tile little more than an inch across breaking loose during ascent.
The joint Air Force/Navy program to develop a panoramic night vision goggle for fixed-wing pilots is expected to release a request for proposals for its Block IV version in August - part of an effort by the services to inject more competition into the struggling program.
