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.
A recent Defense Science Board study recommends that the Department of Defense (DOD) accelerate the procurement of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) and make them an "integral part of the force structure" rather than a supplementary asset. "There is no longer any question of the technical viability and operational utility of UAVs," the report says. "The Task Force feels it is time for DOD and the services to move forward and make UAVs and UCAVs an integral part of the force structure, not an 'additional asset.'"
Thirteen of the leading space advocacy and aerospace industry groups in the United States have joined forces for the first time to promote NASA's new space exploration plans among members of Congress and the general public. "Never before in the history of the United States of America have these organizations come together in a common cause as we have done," Aerospace States Association (ASA) Executive Director Tim Huddleston said during a press conference in Washington May 7. The tentative name of the group is the Space Exploration Alliance.
In a contractor-funded warm-up for the Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) competition, teammates Lockheed Martin and General Atomics conducted a maritime surveillance demonstration April 22 with a modified Predator B unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flying off the coast of California near San Diego.
