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 U.S. Department of Defense expects to have approximately 50 "horizontal fusion" network-centric warfare (NCW) initiatives underway in 2005, according to John Osterholz, DOD's director for architecture and interoperability. "Horizontal fusion" refers to the fusion of tactical data from multiple sources. The word "horizontal" refers to reaching across traditionally stovepiped organizations, while "fusion" refers to the process and applications that allow the network-centric merging of information.
Cost growth of more than 50 percent has put the Air Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program in violation of the Nunn-McCurdy act, according to Air Force budget officials. Lockheed Martin's Atlas V and Boeing's Delta IV rocket families originally were envisioned as serving both commercial and government customers. In the absence of a strong commercial market, however, Air Force officials have warned that EELV costs to the government will increase (DAILY, Nov. 19, 2003).
NASA's X-43A hypersonic demonstrator is gearing up for its second Mach 7 flight attempt next month, the outcome of which may determine whether the program will make a third flight attempt at Mach 10.
