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.
Lockheed Martin and U.S. Defense Department officials will confer during the week of Oct. 29 on the company's contract for the next phase of the Joint Strike Fighter program, president and COO Robert Stevens said in an interview Oct. 26 shortly after DOD announced his team as the winner of next phase of the program.
Lean manufacturing techniques that have been honed and refined over years of designing and building tactical fighter aircraft will be used in the Joint Strike Fighter program, according to the companies competing to build it. Both Lockheed Martin Corp. and The Boeing Co. used lean manufacturing processes in developing their versions of the JSF.
The Skeeter subsonic aerial target demonstrator crashed shortly after launch during its maiden flight at Tyndall Air Force in Florida earlier this month, as a result of an alignment problem in the aircraft's tail. After a successful launch, the unmanned vehicle quickly lost altitude, and was unable to recover before it hit the ground, according to Jeff Herro, Program Manager at Skeeter manufacturer Composite Engineering Inc (CEI).
