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.
LAUREL, Md. - The Universal Armament Interface (UAI) initiative is developing common technical standards and engineering approaches that will allow precision weapons to be integrated onto aircraft more quickly and at lower cost, according to Steve Butler, director of the Acquisition Support Directorate at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
LAUREL, Md. - United Kingdom defense contractor QinetiQ is developing dense metal penetrator (DMP) warheads that could more than double penetration performance over conventional warheads, according to QinetiQ researcher Cathy O'Carroll.
LAUREL, Md. - The Navy hopes to begin developing a hypersonic strike missile in fiscal year 2004 or 2005 as an Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD), after failing to get a similar initiative approved for FY '03. "I don't think we need it next week, but we need to get moving," Rear Adm. John Chenevey, the Navy's program executive officer for strike weapons and unmanned aviation, told The DAILY at the Precision Strike Association's 2003 Technology Symposium here Oct. 14. "The technology is there. We just need to go fund it."
