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 Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group is engaged in "considerable debate" about what standard to hold NASA to as the agency attempts to develop a means of inspecting and repairing the shuttle's thermal protection system in orbit, according to Task Group co-chair Richard Covey.
The U.S. Army's networked Stryker Brigade Combat Teams are exemplifying the benefits of network-centric operations both during exercises and actual deployments in Iraq, according to John Garstka, assistant director for concepts and operations at the Pentagon's Office of Force Transformation.
The Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC) will begin beta testing its information standards in the coming months and ensuring compatibility with the network-centric architectures already being developed by the military services.
