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.
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) expects to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July or August, ahead of parent company Loral Space & Communications, according to SS/L President Pat DeWitt. "We will come out of Chapter 11 with no debt ... and we'll have substantial cash reserves and access to lines of credit," DeWitt said during a briefing in Arlington, Va., April 28. The company will file its plan for reorganization in May.
Starting this summer, the FAA's Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) will begin forming "action teams" of government and industry representatives to begin implementing the office's plan for America's next-generation air transportation system. "This summer we will be asking government and industry for enough people ... to populate five or six action teams [of] maybe 10 people a team," JPDO Director John Kern said at a luncheon sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) in Washington April 27. "So it becomes a real program this summer."
A U.S. Air Force-sponsored study of the National Aerospace Initiative (NAI) has concluded that it is worthwhile, but underfunded at current budget levels. Begun in 2001, NAI is a joint initiative by the Depart-ment of Defense and NASA aimed at advancing cutting-edge aerospace technology in the U.S. It targets advances in three "pillars" - hypersonic airbreathing flight, access to space, and space technologies. NRC report
