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.
In light of the changing post-Cold War strategic picture, the Air Force should shift its focus away from the current fighter-centric model to a more bomber-centric force, according to a group of defense analysts at a symposium on the future of America's bomber force.
As part of a strategic resources review mandated by the White House, NASA is considering scaling back or closing some of its 10 nationwide centers, as well as cutting jobs in the International Space Station (ISS) program. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has instructed NASA to identify the agency's critical capabilities, determine which must be retained and which can be discontinued or led outside the agency.
A new sensor management system from Lockheed Martin is poised to take the next step in the evolution of network-centric warfare, forming sensor networks that not only fuse data, but selectively allow intelligent, automated control of individual sensor nodes. On the battlefield of the future, "you're going to have this disparate mix of unattended, unmanned, [and] manned sensors, and you have to be able to put them all together to make a coherent whole," Charles Pickar, program manager for Lockheed Martin's LinkSensors system, told The DAILY.
