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.
Sen. Charles Schumer (D. N.Y.), who has opposed previous attempts at airline consolidation, now is setting his sights on the proposed union of US Airways and American Airlines.
The House Armed Services Committee fended off an amendment that could have withheld half of procurement funding for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in fiscal 2013 if it does not deliver to Congress the date the program is to reach an initial operating capability (IOC). Instead, the defense authorization bill being considered by the House will require the Defense Department to provide the IOC date without a penalty.
A follow-up high-tech development program has caught the eye of a leading lawmaker on defense issues eager to ensure that the Pentagon does not resurrect an alternative engine program for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Last year, General Electric finally ceded an epic battle to try to make an engine for the program, leaving the engine made by Pratt & Whitney, whose parent company United Technologies is based in Connecticut, as the last engine standing.
