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.
Following a two-day flight readiness review at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA has chosen July 13 as the day it will attempt to launch space shuttle Discovery on mission STS-114 to the International Space Station. The agency has picked the first day of a launch window that extends through July 31. Primarily a flight to test new safety equipment and procedures in orbit, the mission will mark the first time the orbiter has flown since the loss of Columbia in February 2003.
ASTM International plans to hold the next meeting of its unmanned aerial vehicle standards group in Dallas this November, according to ASTM Operations Manager Dan Schultz. Founded in 1898, ASTM specializes in the development of voluntary industry standards. The group kicked off an effort in 2003 to begin developing consensus technical standards for UAVs and related systems, with the goal of helping enable routine UAV flights in the national airspace (DAILY, Jan 21). Two so far
BALTIMORE, Md. - The Navy is looking forward to having its two new Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles play major roles in the upcoming Trident Warrior and Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment exercises, an official said.
