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.
Combat experience has prompted the U.S. Air Force to discard its original concept of the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as an autonomous platform, and instead operate it as a remotely piloted aircraft capable of rapidly responding to changes on the battlefield, according to Brig. Gen. Rudy Wright, commander of the Air Force's 9th Reconnaissance Wing. The Air Force began rethinking the concept of operations (CONOPS) for the Northrop Grumman-built high-altitude surveillance UAV during a deployment to Australia in 2001, Wright said.
The GoldenEye unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will conduct a flight demonstration for the Department of Energy (DOE) early next year equipped with a new radiation sensor, according to GoldenEye manufacturer Aurora Flight Sciences of Manassas, Va.
Members of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC) sharply criticized NASA's practice of granting waivers on possible hazards during a meeting in Washington Dec. 3, citing their involvement in all three of the fatal human space flight accidents in the agency's history. NAC member and former astronaut John Glenn said waivers were involved in the 1967 Apollo 1 fire and the losses of shuttles Challenger and Columbia.
