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.
If there is one Pentagon program decision for fiscal 2013 that lawmakers are likely to reject, it is the decision to mothball Northrop Grumman’s Global Hawk Block 30. Plans to make 18 of the high-altitude UAVs and immediately lock them in storage, when they have been already used both on the battlefield and for disaster relief, have not gone over well with House lawmakers.
Spurred by reports that LightSquared is considering bankruptcy, two lawmakers are hoping the government can recover the cost of testing the company’s proposed 4G communications network for interference with GPS. LightSquared CEO Michael Falcone has said the company is “seriously considering” bankruptcy. “If LightSquared does indeed declare bankruptcy, our concern is the federal government will be unable to recoup the taxpayer dollars it has expended on ... testing LightSquared’s network,” write Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio).
FAA officials estimate that they will select six sites for integrating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into the national airspace by December. Since early May, the agency has been accepting public comments that will help it shape the test sites. The comment period runs through May 8, officials said in a web-based conference April 10.
