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 U.S. Air Force plans to hold an industry day at Langley Air Force Base, Va., on April 10 to distribute the latest draft concept of operations (CONOPS) for its proposed Command and Control Constellation (C2C) and solicit input from industry.
Echoing Republican Sen. John Warner's goal for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's military procurement subcommittee, said Congress intends to make a third of America's deep-strike tactical aircraft be unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) within 10 years.
The Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft (UCAR) program is developing technologies for target recognition that will advance the state of the art orders of magnitude beyond the Defense Department's current best capabilities, according to Program Manager Don Woodbury. One of the UCAR program's requirements is standoff target identification, according to Woodbury, which will do away with the typical need to get within three kilometers (1.9 miles) of a target before being able to identify and attack it.
