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.
SpaceDev of Poway, Calif., is auctioning off a private space mission aboard a microsatellite that would be based on the company's Maneuvering and orbital Transfer Vehicle (MTV). The auction is open on eBay (www.ebay.com) until Nov. 20. The minimum opening bid is $250,000, although the reserve - the price below which the sale won't be accepted - is considerably higher than that. A potential buyer also has the option of bypassing the auction and purchasing the mission outright for $9.5 million. At presstime there were no bids posted.
The General Accounting Office (GAO) endorsed the Department of Defense's new weapons acquisition policy in a new report, but recommended that the defense secretary strengthen the policy by requiring additional controls over managers when their programs reach crucial milestones.
The Boeing Co. has created an office to monitor the company's ethics, financials, export compliance and other aspects of internal governance, it announced Nov. 11. Effective immediately, the Office of Internal Governance consolidates internal monitoring functions -- previously performed by different organizations within the company -- under a single unit that reports directly to Boeing Chairman and CEO Phil Condit, according to spokesman John Dern.
