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 Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio is continuing radar signature testing of various sample items this week in an attempt to identify the mysterious fragment that separated from the shuttle Columbia while it still was in orbit.
A payload for the Air Force's Space Based Infrared System-High (SBIRS-High) program that has been delayed several months while engineers track down an electromagnetic interference problem now is scheduled to be delivered to its host satellite in mid May, according to Col. Mark Borkowski, system program director for SBIRS.
On April 4, chairman Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Science Committee's space and aeronautics subcommittee, released a letter urging NASA to reverse its decision to terminate the Alternate Access to Station (AAS) program. AAS is a six-year effort to develop alternative, low-cost methods of sending supplies to the International Space Station (ISS). Budgeted at $310 million, the program was building to a demonstration flight in 2006.
