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.
The Senate late yesterday afternoon rejected 55-44 an amendment that would have advanced a bill to reauthorize the U.S. Export-Import Bank. The measure needed 60 votes to pass. Ex-Im Bank supporters, including Boeing, want an increase in Ex-Im Bank’s spending limit to $140 billion and an extension of its operating authority to 2015. Opponents say Ex-Im loan guarantees to foreign carriers put U.S. airlines at a competitive disadvantage.
Even in this dismal fiscal environment, some businesses can thrive, says an executive at Modus Operandi, a software and information integration technology company. To stay alive at a time when the Pentagon stands to lose up to $1 trillion over the next decade, small businesses like Modus Operandi need to have a plan, says George Eanes, vice president of technology transition, who adds that the company aims to grow by 30% this year and even more the following year.
The U.S. Senate probably could pass a bill barring U.S. air carriers from participating in the EU’s effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions “fairly easily,” a top Senate aide said last week. Last fall, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a version of the bill aimed at blocking U.S. carriers from participating in the EU’s emissions trading system (ETS). But the Senate did not allow a companion measure to be included in the FAA reauthorization bill that passed earlier this year.
