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.
House and Senate lawmakers have agreed to fund defense at $518 billion for fiscal 2012, lawmakers and defense lobbyists say. The bill is likely to be included in an omnibus spending package that could clear both chambers before current continuing resolutions expire Dec. 16. And although problems on policy issues involving spending bills could make the process bumpy, lawmakers and aides are hopeful of reaching agreements that will avert a government shutdown.
The chairman of the Senate panel dealing with the FAA is placing the odds of reaching a deal on the long-extended reauthorization bill at better than 50-50. Last month, in a cantankerous speech to the Aero Club, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va,) was extremely pessimistic about the bill’s prospects, calling out the airline industry for failing to lead. But today, Rockefeller rated the chance of a breakthrough at “seven” on a scale of one to 10.
Compared to what the U.S. Navy uses in a year, it’s just a drop in the barrel. But 450,000 gal. of biofuel designated to power a carrier strike group for an exercise next summer is the government’s bulkiest buy to date of what’s known as “drop-in” biofuel.
