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.
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.
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin promised that by midsummer he will provide Capitol Hill lawmakers with the results of an ongoing NASA review of various options for completing assembly of the International Space Station (ISS). The baseline assembly schedule includes 28 shuttle flights, including 18 for assembly, five for logistics and five for utilization. Completing all the necessary flights by 2010, when the shuttle is scheduled for retirement, will be a challenge, Griffin said.
