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.
With an eye toward future crewed vehicles such as the Orbital Space Plane (OSP), NASA has released its first agency-wide policy document specifying top-level requirements for human-rating its space flight systems. The new document will serve as a blueprint "for providing the maximum reasonable assurance [that] the design and operations of future human space flight systems present minimum risk to the flight crew and occupants," according to NASA.
BALTIMORE, Md. - The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is sponsoring an effort to develop or identify data standards to govern mission planning for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), according to Dyke Weatherington, head of the UAV Planning Task Force at OSD.
BALTIMORE, Md. - As military unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems proliferate rapidly, U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) is taking a lead role in experimenting with and promoting joint UAV operations, according to a JFCOM official. "The UAV force structure is really on the verge of explosive growth, and DOD funding for UAVs is escalating three- or four-fold per year for the next few years," said Christopher Jackson, deputy director of intelligence for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) integration at JFCOM.
