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.
Aerospace industry representatives offered their perspectives on the current problems facing the U.S. aerospace industry at the NASTC 2001 conference here earlier this week, along with the steps they believe must be taken to avoid further erosion of financial and human resources. Dain Hancock, president of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, began his remarks to conferees with a sobering picture of the industry's health.
The Air Force's F-22 fighter program is continuing flight testing while awaiting the opportunity for service officials to argue its case before the Defense Department. "The ball is pretty much in OSD's court," Brig. Gen. Jay Jabour, system program director for the F-22, told The DAILY at the National Aerospace Systems and Technology Conference here.
Citing a need for "revolutionary" concepts, NASA is planning to incorporate a number of new technologies - including nanotechnology - into traditional aircraft engineering in an attempt to brighten the future of U.S. aerospace. "We feel that aerospace technology is vitally important to the country," said Gregory Reck, deputy associate administrator for Aerospace Technology at NASA. "We envision the need to develop really dramatic, new capabilities." Reck made his remarks at the National Aerospace Systems and Technology Conference here on May 15.
