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 U.S. Army is overcoming shortages and deficiencies in equipment for deployed troops uncovered by operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to Lt. Gen. James Helmly, chief of the Army Reserve. "All of the kinds of things that are less visible until one begins to stress the force have come to the fore," Helmly said at a Defense Writers Group breakfast in Washington Sept. 16.
The Lockheed Martin-led US101 team has picked General Electric Co. to provide the engines for its entry in the Air Force's Personnel Recovery Vehicle (PRV) competition, the companies announced Sept. 15. Based on AgustaWestland's EH101 helicopter, the triple-engined US101 will be assembled in the United States by Lockheed Martin and Bell Helicopter. In the PRV competition, the US101 will be up against Sikorsky's H-92, European Aeronautic Defence and Space (EADS) Company's NH-90 and Bell-Boeing's V-22 tiltrotor (DAILY, Sept. 15).
Boeing's upcoming X-45C unmanned aircraft may perform an aerial refueling demonstration as early as 2007 in conjunction with the Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) effort, according to Darryl Davis, Boeing's Joint Unmanned Combat Air System (J-UCAS) program manager. AFRL partnered with Boeing and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in 2002 on the AAR effort, with the refueling of unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs) such as the X-45C in mind (DAILY, Aug. 21, 2003).
