Jen DiMascio

Executive Editor, Defense & Space

Washington, DC

Summary

Based in Washington, Jen manages Aviation Week’s worldwide defense, space and security coverage.

Prior to taking on her current role, Jen was Aviation Week's Congressional Editor. Jen came to Aviation Week in March 2011 from Politico, where she covered the intersection of defense and politics. She also worked as a reporter and editor for Defense Daily, Inside the Army, The Other Paper and The Columbus Dispatch.

Jen received a Master’s degree in journalism as a Kiplinger Fellow at the Ohio State University. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in history and journalism from the University of Michigan.

 

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Articles

By Jen DiMascio
A House panel approved a bill that provides $220 million to move the Pentagon toward a “full and open competition” to develop a domestically produced

By Jen DiMascio
The House Appropriations Committee has passed a $491 billion Pentagon spending bill for fiscal 2015 that backs the U.S. Air Force plan to begin to

By Jen DiMascio
Following the lead of the House, the Senate Armed Services Committee May 22 passed a bill to authorize defense spending in fiscal 2015 that—like its companion bill passed by the House—rejects many of the Pentagon’s proposed aircraft fleet reductions aimed at preserving modernization dollars for future programs.