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. Air Force's Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has completed its series of flights in Germany intended to demonstrate a new European-built electronics intelligence (ELINT) sensor and pave the way for the Euro Hawk procurement by the German ministry of defense (MOD).
To avoid an unacceptable launch delay, Arianespace has transferred the launch of the DirecTV 7S satellite to Boeing's Sea Launch for a flight in the first quarter of 2004, Arianespace announced Oct. 31. DIRECTV 7S is slated to serve 60 local television markets across the U.S., making it a high-priority launch for the company. However, a manufacturing delay caused the launch to slip until it conflicted with the Rosetta scientific spacecraft, which is slated to lift off on the Ariane 5 in February.
California-based XCOR Aerospace is expected to become the first commercial reusable launch vehicle (RLV) developer to receive a launch license from the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST), following FAA's assessment that the company's application is "sufficiently complete."
