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.
Can a satellite be de-orbited using nothing more than a long metallic wire roughly the thickness of a piece of dental floss? After over a year of schedule slips, NASA hopes to finally answer this question when it launches the Propulsive Small Expendable Deployer System (ProSEDS) experiment as a secondary payload on a Delta II rocket in June 2002.
While the Bush Administration prepares for this month's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin to work out the details of a new strategic framework between the U.S. and Russia, questions remain as to what form future arms agreements will take. When the two presidents begin their summit Nov. 13, the five elements of the new strategic framework under discussion will be offensive strategic weapons, missile defense, non-proliferation, counter-proliferation, and counter-terrorism.
The Bush Administration's aggressive support of space-based defense represents a "huge opportunity" for the aerospace industry to advance technology and capitalize on the new infrastructure that a robust military space program will require, according to former U.S. Rep. Robert Walker (R-Pa.), chairman of the new aerospace commission.
