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.
After its successful operational evaluation (OPEVAL), the U.S. Navy's Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) could be one of the first military platforms to put the principles of network-centric warfare to the test in coming military operations. Developed by Raytheon and Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory, CEC is a sensor networking system that integrates radar measurements from multiple ships and aircraft in real time to provide a highly accurate, integrated air picture.
Cooperation between the United States and Russia on counter-terrorism efforts could offer opportunities, as well as challenges, to proponents of U.S. missile defense systems, according to analysts speaking at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. Kim Holmes, vice president and director of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, said Russian President Vladimir Putin could present a "bill" to the U.S. for its services in the coming campaign that might include a demand that the U.S. curtail its missile defense program.
In the wake of the recent terrorist attacks, Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) Dov Zakheim said he expects the Administration's 2002 defense budget request will have to go up even more as a result of national security programs being created or accelerated by fiscal 2001 emergency spending.
