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.
In response to an urgent operational need by troops in Iraq, the U.S. Marine Corps is safety testing a new shoulder-fired rocket system for urban assault based on Lockheed Martin's Predator anti-tank weapon system.
The Air Force's space surveillance network is remotely observing orbital rendezvous missions such as DART and the XSS-11 mission to gauge its ability to detect possible threats to satellites, according to an Air Force official.
Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) head Gen. Lance Lord met with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John Jumper May 24 to brief him on the results of an AFSPC study on the potential of near-space, and believes that an operational deployment of near-space communications balloons could be imminent.
