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.
By early next year the U.S. Air Force will have a new acquisition strategy for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program in place to help sustain manufacturers Boeing and Lockheed Martin through the current poor launch market, according to Peter Teets, Air Force undersecretary for space.
The industry team behind the US101 helicopter has chosen General Electric Aircraft Engines to provide the engine for the team's candidate in the VXX presidential helicopter competition. Lockheed Martin, AgustaWestland and Bell Helicopter are jointly marketing the medium-lift US101 as a presidential helicopter replacement and for military missions such as combat search and rescue. Its competitor in the VXX competition is Sikorsky's S-92, which recently won the Collier Trophy (DAILY, June 12).
Space-based and aerial remote sensing are not competing and instead are poised to grow together over the next decade, according to a forecast sponsored by NASA and the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS).
