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 chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is setting an ambitious goal—getting the FAA reauthorization bill signed into law by the end of the year, he told reporters yesterday. “I’ll take whatever measures I need to finish this before the end of the year,” said Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) about the bill that has been extended 21 times already, including one extension that led to a two-week partial shutdown of the FAA during the summer.
With federal deficit-reduction efforts in full swing, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan drawing to a close, and a history as the U.S. military's back bench, the National Guard could easily return to postwar oblivion. But in this post-9/11, austerity era, the hybrid military group's supporters have a different, much stronger future in mind, and now they seem on the cusp of achieving it.
The fear of a rising China coupled with the potential for lost jobs in Fort Worth and across the country has Texas lawmakers proposing a law that would turn on its head the way the U.S. sells weapons globally. Texas Republicans Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Kay Granger are trying to force the Obama administration to sell 66 Lockheed Martin F-16C and D aircraft to Taiwan, a move that defense experts call unprecedented.
