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.
As its space exploration plans become better defined, NASA hopes to assign enough work to sustain its work force close to its current level of 18,000, although for the time being the agency is budgeting for 2,000 fewer employees starting in 2007, according to agency officials.
The Stafford-Covey Task Group is confident it will receive final information packages from NASA by the end of this month and complete its assessment of NASA's return to flight efforts by April, according to task group co-chair Richard Covey.
Northrop Grumman is working on technologies that will "take transformation to the street fight" and aid U.S. soldiers fighting terrorist insurgents in Iraq, according to company president and CEO Ron Sugar.
