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.
As more measures are taken to tighten physical security in domestic airports, U.S. airlines remain highly vulnerable to cyberattack, according to Internet security analysts. Airlines make particularly attractive targets for cybercriminals - whose crimes can run the gamut from simple vandalism to identity theft and financial espionage - since so much of their business has migrated online, according to Izhar Bar-Gad, chief technology officer at Sanctum, Inc.
Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., are preparing to take the next step toward satellite formation flight with the upcoming Space Technology 5 (ST-5) mission, scheduled for launch in 2004. Dubbed the "Nanosat Constellation Trailblazer," the mission will consist of three small satellites flying in formation in a highly elliptical earth orbit.
Signals intelligence (SIGINT) is one of key areas in which Northrop Grumman Corp. hopes to expand its presence, according to Robert Iorizzo, president of the company's Electronic Systems sector. "We want to grow the business [in SIGINT]," Iorizzo said, speaking at a press briefing in Washington Jan. 17. "We don't do a lot of SIGINT business now. We think we have some great technologies and we're trying to link [into] some SIGINT development programs."
