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.
In a possible first step toward eliminating the need for certain aircraft to carry fuel, NASA engineers have conducted the first flight of a laser-powered model airplane, the aerospace agency announced Oct. 9.
A "digital divide" still prevents the individual soldier from participating in and benefiting from network-centric operations, according to Lt. Gen. William Wallace, who commanded the U.S. Army's Fifth Corps during the war in Iraq. "The world ... that the U.S. Army soldier lives in is on the ground, in the dirt," Wallace said in a presentation at Aviation Week's NetCentric Conference in Washington Oct. 8. "The network does not extend to him, and it needs to."
The U.S. Defense Department's Networks and Information Integration (NII) office is working to synchronize and tie together its senior leadership communications, from the president through the secretary of defense and the leaders of the major military commands.
