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.
Business aviation officials welcomed the European Union’s (EU) decision to suspend the application of its emissions trading scheme (ETS) to international operations, especially in light of the U.S. congressional vote Nov. 13 to permit a ban on U.S. participation. But European business aviation advocates believe the EU also needs to suspend the program for flights within Europe.
At the end of a president's first term in office, a Cabinet-level changeover is expected. But revelations of now-former CIA director David Petraeus's extramarital affair, the delay of Gen. John Allen's nomination to become the next commander of European Command, and a war on Capitol Hill over the Obama administration's handling of events in Benghazi, Libya, in September are overshadowing President Barack Obama's efforts to replenish the team who will lead spending on military and intelligence assets.
NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman whipped up a Thanksgiving dinner analogy to describe the shuffling of safety areas on the board's annual “Most Wanted” list of 10 transportation safety improvements. The NTSB has bumped three aviation items off the list—professionalism of pilots and air traffic controllers, human fatigue and preventive safety efforts—due in part to improvements made. But it kept two others that have not improved—general aviation safety and airport surface operations (previously called runway safety).
