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 weaponization of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will be the major headline grabber in the coming year, largely as a result of operations in Afghanistan, according to Daryl Davidson, executive director of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI).
A space station that can support only a three-person crew is unacceptable, representatives of the major international partners in the International Space Station (ISS) said at a meeting at NASA headquarters in Washington Dec. 6. The ISS Management and Cost Evaluation (IMCE) task force report recommended staff cuts and fewer shuttle trips as a way to get the ISS to "U.S. core complete" by 2006 within the constraints of the Bush Administration's budget blueprint for NASA.
While military investment in aeronautical propulsion remains strong, if current trends continue the U.S. is likely to lose its edge in commercial aeronautical propulsion within a generation, according to Jimmy Reed, Pratt&Whitney's manager of advanced military engine programs. "In the next 25 years, we believe that, given no other outside influence, the U.S. will lose its commercial propulsion leadership to an emerging and very strong E.U. [European Union] initiative," Reed said, speaking at an aeronautics symposium in Washington, D.C. Dec. 5.
