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 AIM-9X Sidewinder missile has been approved for full-rate production, Naval Air Systems Command's (NAVAIR) Air-to-Air Missile Program Office (PMA-259) announced May 17. John Young, the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, signed the Acquisition Decision Memorandum for the program on May 15. Production through 2018
The "ideological trench warfare" over missile defense has subsided over the past few years and the U.S. appears to be moving towards a consensus on the issue, according to Baker Spring, F.M. Kirby Research Fellow in National Security Policy at The Heritage Foundation. "The broader ideological debate is not going to be as sharp upon this issue in the future as it has been in the past," Spring said during a May 13 breakfast in Washington sponsored by the National Defense University (NDU). "And I think that the progress in that direction will continue.
Boeing is on track to launch the next Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES), called GOES-N, for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from Cape Canaveral on Dec. 1, according to Mark Spiwak, director of NASA/NOAA programs for Boeing Satellite Systems.
