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.
In a highly accelerated procurement, the U.S. Army has contracted with Lockheed Martin and Raydon Corp. of Daytona, Fla., to deliver virtual reality simulators for training soldiers on convoy operations in Iraq.
ST. MARY'S COUNTY, Md. - Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is flight-testing a unique spherical airship to gauge its value for future surveillance applications. Under a U.S. Navy contract with Cyber Aerospace of New Orleans, the 62-foot diameter SA-60 spherical airship has undergone several days of flight-testing at St. Mary's County Airport in Maryland, just a few miles from Naval Air Station Patuxent River. The main goals of the flight tests were to reach 10,000 feet and stay aloft for three hours, both of which were achieved in a June 28 flight.
NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers (MER), which have spent nearly double their scheduled mission time on Mars, still are performing well as they prepare to enter even more challenging territory, according to NASA.
