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.
Government-wide spending cuts set to go into effect March 1 under the cost-reduction program known as sequestration would reduce FAA funding by $619 million, causing delays to key elements of the NextGen air traffic modernization program and inconvenience for air travelers, concludes a report issued by the Democratic members of the House Appropriations Committee.
A group of 16 U.S. lawmakers led by Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) are asking for an update by Feb. 22 from Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on the FAA’s attempts to open the national airspace to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The legislators are hoping to prod the FAA to act faster in releasing rules for small UAS to fly, as well as in creating six test sites around the country to work out safety and operating guidelines.
With two weeks to go before $46 billion in cuts to the Pentagon’s fiscal 2013 budget take effect, the military’s top brass appealed to the Senate Armed Services Committee during a Feb. 12 hearing for a delay or replacement for the budget penalty known as sequestration. And while Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged that he is running out of adjectives to describe the horror of sequestration, the hearing did unearth a couple of new details about its effects on investment accounts and fleet sizes.
