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.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has expressed confidence that the amended 2002 defense budget increase will be approved by Congress, despite reports that Congressional Democrats will try to scale it back. The Administration's original FY 2002 budget called for a defense spending increase of $14.2 billion. A June amendment requested an additional $18.4 billion, bringing the total to $32.6 billion - the biggest increase since the mid-1980s.
During the first meeting of NASA's International Space Station Management and Cost Evaluation committee in Washington, D.C. August 20, members debated how to get the troubled program back on track politically, while working within the budget constraints set by the Bush Administration.
At the first meeting of NASA's International Space Station (ISS) Management and Cost Evaluation (IMCE) team, committee chairman Tom Young expressed bewilderment over the management philosophy governing the early days of station development, which he said created a "100 percent" probability of cost overruns.
