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 officials provided details about how a robotic servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) could work during a meeting in Washington June 2, while touting the concept as a way for the program to "take back" its destiny from the uncertainties inherent in shuttle servicing.
The Department of Defense is preparing the latest update to its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) roadmap and expects to publish it at the end of this year, according to Dyke Weatherington, deputy in charge of DOD's UAV Planning Task Force. The previous UAV roadmap, dated 2002, was released in March 2003. In addition to information on several new UAV programs, the new roadmap also will contain a section on airships, according to Weatherington.
NASA has set a due date of July 16 for contractors to propose designs for robotic spacecraft capable of servicing the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), de-orbiting it, or both. In a request for proposals released June 1 (DAILY, June 2), NASA is seeking designs for two types of Hubble servicing spacecraft - an HST Robotic Vehicle Deorbit Module (HRVDM) and a Hubble Disposal Vehicle (HDV).
