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.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is lauding a deal reached yesterday between House and Senate leaders that should put thousands back to work at the FAA and on construction projects around the country. On Aug. 5, senators are expected to approve the House version of a bill to extend the FAA’s authority to administer the Airport and Airways Trust Fund until Sept. 16, leaving contentious issues to be debated again between the end of the August recess and that date.
Six senators are asking the leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee to zero out funding for Lockheed Martin’s Medium Extended Air Defense System (Meads).
Six senators are rallying to the aid of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter by pressing the Pentagon to lower its $1 trillion estimate of the stealthy jet’s sustainment costs. Ashton Carter, the Pentagon acquisition chief who has been nominated to become the next deputy defense secretary, provided the eye-popping estimate to lawmakers earlier this year (Aerospace DAILY, May 20).
