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 General Accounting Office (GAO) has concluded that NASA lacks disciplined cost-estimating processes and many of its programs are being put at risk as a result, according to a report released June 22. "NASA's basic cost-estimating processes - an important tool for managing programs - lack the discipline needed to ensure that program estimates are reasonable," GAO says.
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe defended his decision to cancel further space shuttle servicing missions to the Hubble Space Telescope before the National Academies' space panels in Washington June 22, emphasizing his desire to minimize possible risks to astronauts.
The Defense Technology Security Administration's (DTSA) Space Directorate may have overcharged U.S. satellite exporters almost $2.6 million for the monitoring of overseas launches of U.S. satellites between fiscal years 1999 and 2002, according to the Defense Department's inspector general (IG).
