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.
Hope is fading in Washington that Republicans and Democrats will put aside their differences and find a way to head off $490 billion in automatic cuts to U.S. defense spending due to take effect on March 1. But a top official at Ohio-based Eaton Corp., which derives 35% of its aerospace sales from military programs such as the F-35, remains optimistic about a last-minute deal. “We're not banking on across-the-board cuts in military spending that aren't more thoughtful,” says Craig Arnold, the chief operating officer for Eaton's industrial businesses.
Government offices may remain open if government-wide budget cuts take effect on March 1, but if sequestration is allowed to take effect it will have serious economic consequences, the U.S. government controller told senators Feb. 14. “I do not think it’s prudent at all to think that because the lights do not shut down across government on March 1 that we can cross that precipice and then pull back later,” Daniel Werfel, controller of the White House Office of Management and Budget, told the Senate Appropriations Committee.
