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.
Four of the U.S. Marine Corps' new Silver Fox unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been deployed to Iraq, with four more en route, according to the Office of Naval Research (ONR). Built by ONR and Advanced Ceramics Research (ACR) of Tucson, Ariz., the lightweight UAV was rushed into the field to serve Marine units that normally wouldn't be able to tap a scarce system such as the Predator, according to Capt. John Hobday, director of the Tech Solutions group at ONR.
The Department of Defense's (DOD) new Transformation Planning Guidance document assigns roles and responsibilities within the department for promoting transformation, including deadlines for new roadmaps, while placing heavy emphasis on the development of joint warfighting concepts. Every two years the commander of Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) will submit to the secretary of defense a Joint Experimentation Campaign Plan, according to the document.
Northrop Grumman is confident that its Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) program will survive the Missile Defense Agency's ongoing re-evaluation of its sensor requirements, according to the company's vice president for missile defense. According to MDA officials, the agency is rethinking all of its sensor needs, and debating what mix of ground- and space-based sensors will be required to provide layered, global missile defense.
