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.
NASA audit woes will be over next year In his first appearance before the Senate Appropriations Committee's VA-HUD-NASA panel, NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe promised committee members that problems with the agency's audits will no longer be a "topic of discussion" next year.
Within a week, NASA will announce five winners in its Research, Engineering and Technology Institute (RETI) program, three of which will support the agency's goals in nanotechnology research. Each award will establish a university-based research institute that will partner with NASA on aerospace-related work. NASA plans to select one RETI in each of three nanotechnology-related areas: aerospace materials; electronics and computing; and bio-nanotechnology fusion.
Nanotechnology will have a larger impact on warfighting than the invention of gunpowder, according to Dr. Cliff Lau of the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Laboratory and Research. "Nanotechnology is one of the top [research] priorities within DOD, and it will impact practically all areas of warfighting," Lau said during a nanotechnology symposium in Arlington, Va., April 30.
