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.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Army Aviation Branch Chief Brig. Gen. E.J. Sinclair expects unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to be flying missions in tandem with manned Army helicopters by 2010. At Fort Huachuca, Ariz., and elsewhere, the Army is working on the integration of UAVs into the aviation branch, "and how we train those soldiers, how we get them to the level of proficiency that we need to," Sinclair told reporters during a press conference here May 11.
Rep. Mark Udall (D-Colo.), ranking member of the House Science subcommittee on space and aeronautics, introduced a bill May 12 that would force NASA to restore recent cuts to its aeronautics programs and renew work in hypersonic flight and rotorcraft research, among other areas.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to approach software giant Microsoft to partner with it on cognitive computing, or computer learning.
