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.
SPEED LIMITS: U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh is disavowing any knowledge of Lockheed Martin’s hypersonic concept, the SR-72, recently revealed by Aviation Week (Aerospace DAILY, Nov. 4). “I don’t know anything about the SR-72,” Welsh said about the potential Mach 6 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and strike platform. “I saw an article about it.
OSPREYS IN ACTION: In response to Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, the Pentagon is focusing its relief efforts on airborne and maritime search and rescue, medium-heavy helicopter lift support and logistics. The response effort includes requests for the use of Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tiltrotors and KC-130 cargo aircraft. The USS George Washington is bringing Carrier Air Wing Five to assist with recovery efforts following the disaster, which affected more than 4 million people. The wing brings with it 80 aircraft, including the MH-60 Seahawk.
The Senate finally has confirmed Alan Estevez as the deputy undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics after a long delay over parochial concerns. In March, Texas Sen. John Cornyn, a high-ranking Republican, had placed a senatorial “hold” on Estevez's confirmation to be the second-ranking defense acquisition official to again protest the Pentagon's decision to buy helicopters from the Russian state-owned Rosoboronexport for the Afghan security force, spurning helicopters made in part by Texas-based Bell Helicopter. Sen.
