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.
In his first major address on the future of NASA, Administrator Sean O'Keefe generally avoided programmatic specifics while laying out a vision for a "science-driven" agency with education as part of its core mission. "Our future decisions will be science-driven, not destination-driven," O'Keefe said in a speech at Syracuse University in New York April 12. "We will go where the science dictates that we go - not because it's close, or because it's popular."
Lockheed Martin's LinkSensors system is preparing for its first major live demonstration to potential customers this summer at company facilities in Syracuse, N.Y. LinkSensors is a sensor networking system that will not only fuse data, but selectively allow intelligent, automated control of individual sensor nodes, to cooperatively provide better information about targets of interest (DAILY, Oct. 16, 2001).
The first prototype Dragonfly unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which could become the first rotorcraft to intentionally stop its rotor in flight, is on track to have its maiden flight at Yuma Proving Ground in late summer. Designated X-50A, this unique hybrid (see photo) has an unusually wide rotor that can be slowed down and stopped, allowing it to fly as a fixed-wing jet aircraft (DAILY, June 27, 2001).
