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 Expedition 6 crew onboard the International Space Station (ISS) is preparing for the April 28 arrival of the station's first two-Aman crew, as well as a first trip back to Earth using the Russian Soyuz TMA vehicle currently docked to the ISS.
Vice Adm. Joseph Dyer, head of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), believes the U.S. Navy should selectively pay industry contractors more money to reward outstanding performance and increase profits. With 83 percent of the Navy's spending going to industry, many in the operational Navy "think that our contractors are rolling in cash and incredibly wealthy," Dyer said, speaking at the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space expo in Washington April 17.
Flight tests continue on the Marine Corps' H-1 helicopter upgrade program as program officials prepare for a Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) meeting in August that will decide whether to proceed with low-rate initial production. It will be the first DAB meeting for the program since it was certified by Pentagon acquisition chief E.C. "Pete" Aldridge Jr. last May, after significant cost growth put the program in violation of the Nunn-McCurdy Act (DAILY, May 3, 2002).
