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.
NAVY DELAYS VXX AWARD TO PERFORM MORE RISK REDUCTION - The U.S. Navy announced March 23 that it is delaying the award of the prime contract for the VXX presidential helicopter program to allow competing contractors Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin-AgustaWestland to perform additional risk reduction work.
Sikorsky is laying off approximately 100 employees who had been working on the Army's RAH-66 Comanche helicopter program, the company announced March 25. About 700 Sikorsky employees were working on Comanche before the Army's cancellation of the program last month (DAILY, Feb. 24). Two hundred of those employees already have been reassigned to other efforts within the company, according to Sikorsky President Steve Finger.
The U.S. Air Force is negotiating with Boeing to lay the legal groundwork necessary to lift the sanctions levied against the company for ethical misconduct, according to Peter Teets, Air Force undersecretary for space.
