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.
NASA's Genesis science team is nearly finished recovering the solar wind samples contained in the Genesis sample recovery capsule, which crashed to Earth Sept. 8 when its parachute failed to deploy.
The launch of the first satellite in the Air Force's Space Based Surveillance System (SBSS) is likely to slip several months from its previous June 2007 target as a result of the $27 million cut in the program's fiscal year 2005 budget levied by Congress this summer.
The Force Application and Launch from the Continental U.S. (FALCON) program is adjusting to congressional restrictions placed on it for fiscal year 2005, dropping for now the development of a penetrating munition for the Air Force's Common Aero Vehicle (CAV).
