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.
NORFOLK, Va. - The Navy is striving to find the right balance of live training versus simulation for fighter pilots in the coming era of network-centric operations, according to Rear Adm. Mark Fitzgerald, director of air warfare at the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV). "I will tell you that the screaming that comes from Washington is 'We're spending too much money on training,'" Fitzgerald said during a presentation at the National Training Systems Association's Fighter Training Symposium here Aug. 14.
Large unmanned aircraft flying in formation could help address the U.S. Defense Department's chronic airlift shortfall, according to a study by Lt. Col. Chad Manske, special assistant to the commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va. A former C-17 pilot, Manske wrote a study exploring the unmanned airlift concept last year while attending the Air Force's School of Advanced Air and Space Power Studies at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) successfully launched the $40 million Scientific Satellite Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (SCISAT-1) spacecraft from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Aug. 12. Canada's first new scientific satellite since 1971, SCISAT-1 is intended to help a team of international scientists improve their understanding of the depletion of Earth's ozone layer, with a special emphasis on the changes occurring over Canada and in the Arctic.
