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.
As the White House and Congress continue deficit reduction negotiations, the nation’s largest corporations sent a message to President Barack Obama: it’s time to stop posturing and reach a deal. The Business Roundtable, made up of corporate CEOs who draw $7.3 trillion in annual revenues, wrote a Dec. 11 letter to Obama calling for a deal that averts the so-called fiscal cliff — the Washington buzzword to denote the expiration of tax cuts at the end of the year and the implementation of nearly $1 trillion in across-the-board budget cuts.
As the U.S. takes initial steps toward laying down rules for cyber warfare, the head of EADS is voicing a note of caution. During a Dec. 11 speech at an Atlantic Council event assessing future global trends, CEO Tom Enders warned against the use of offensive cyber attacks, particularly at a time when the vulnerability of information technology is widespread. The vulnerability of an IT-based society and economy remains “largely ignored.”
As House and Senate negotiations on the fiscal 2013 defense authorization bill near their end, the Secretary of Defense, lawmakers and interest groups are undertaking a last-ditch effort to win a compromise on key issues – including the retirement of U.S. Air Force aircraft. On Dec. 11, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta made his final appeal to the leaders of the armed services committees to make changes to a long list of issues, aircraft retirements among them, or else he would recommend the president veto the bill.
