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.
The airlift shortfall is the biggest problem hampering America's force projection capability, according to Gen. Charles T. Robertson, commander in chief of U.S. Transportation Command. "The number one priority of the commander in chief of United States Transportation Command is to fix strategic airlift," said Robertson, speaking at a meeting of defense reporters in Washington, D.C. June 19. Robertson is also commander in chief of the Air Force's Air Mobility Command.
The Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty has not prevented the U.S. from doing substantive work on ground-based missile defense technology, according to Lt. Gen. Ronald T. Kadish, director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO). "We do all our tests in accordance with the treaty," Kadish said of the National Missile Defense program when he testified before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Research and Development on June 14.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has formed two new internal management committees to streamline and improve the U.S. military's business practices. The Senior Executive Committee will serve as a "business board of directors" for the services, and will be made up of Rumsfeld, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Edward Aldridge, and the service secretaries.
