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.
The White House on March 11 announced the nomination of Johns Hopkins University physicist and former In-Q-Tel President Mike Griffin to be the next administrator of NASA. The nomination ends months of speculation over who would be chosen to fill the post vacated by former Administrator Sean O'Keefe, who announced his intention to leave NASA in mid-December and began serving as chancellor of Louisiana State University last month (DAILY, Dec. 14).
Technologies developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are helping save the lives of troops in Iraq today, DARPA Director Tony Tether told lawmakers in a hearing on Capitol Hill March 10.
NASA has identified a total of 2,680 full-time equivalent positions throughout the agency for which it will have no work starting in fiscal year 2007, although it hopes ultimately to avoid layoffs through buyouts, reassignments and other measures. The positions are funded through FY '05 and FY '06, according to James Jennings, NASA's deputy associate administrator for institutions and asset management. If enough personnel can't be bought out or transferred to other work by late summer 2006, then layoffs may be required.
