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 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is unlikely to fund both competing Navy Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV-N) teams to build demonstrator aircraft, according to Mike Heinz, vice president and general manager of Boeing's Unmanned Systems unit.
Over the course of five tightly choreographed spacewalks during NASA's upcoming Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission (STS-109), the space agency's on-orbit repair skills will be greatly taxed and sharpened, according to STS-109 Lead Flight Director Bryan Austin. "STS-109 is going to expand our ability to conduct complex and intensive space-based repair and assembly, and I think you'll see that play out through our five EVAs [extravehicular activities] on this mission," Austin said, speaking at a NASA briefing Feb. 15.
The recent cancellation of the Navy's Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV) was prompted by concerns over the vehicle's footprint, operability, and survivability, according to Capt. Rand LeBouvier, head of the Aviation Systems Branch at the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.
