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 Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) completed its formal risk-reduction phase with a system demonstration in Italy earlier this month, prime contractor MEADS International (MI) announced May 18. The United States, Germany and Italy are developing the MEADS mobile air and missile defense system, which will replace the Patriot system in the United States and Germany and the Nike Hercules system in Italy. MEADS will use the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) interceptor missile.
Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colo.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee's Strategic Forces subcommittee, plans to introduce legislation that will make it easier for the United States to cooperate with its allies on missile defense, Allard said May 18. "Expanding missile defense deployment among our allies and friends ... is a necessary next step in modernizing our arms control strategy while enhancing national security," Allard said during a breakfast in Washington sponsored by the National Defense University (NDU).
The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) is spearheading a series of ad hoc meetings between DOD organizations and representatives of the commercial satellite communications industry that will help shape the military's use of commercial satcom.
