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 Pentagon begins a 10-year reduction in its spending plans, its database of the vast network of suppliers that feed its prime contractors is helping spare vulnerable companies. The effort may provide some small measure of reassurance to lawmakers, who are concerned about maintaining high-quality jobs in a presidential election year during a time of high unemployment. The aerospace and defense industries employ more than 1 million people, according to a study conducted by Deloitte for the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA).
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and his Brazilian counterpart, Celso Amorim, are scheduled to begin a U.S.-Brazil Defense Cooperation Dialogue on April 24. Their first meeting was part of President Barack Obama’s April 9 meeting with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. As an example of how close the two nations have become, the White House is pointing to the U.S. offer to sell Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter jets to the Brazilian air force.
Now armed with additional information, the Obama administration and Congress are revisiting whether LightSquared should be able to build its 4G broadband communications network.
