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 head of U.S. Transportation Command stood firm on the military’s recommendation to reduce the strategic airlift fleet and retire Lockheed Martin C-5 aircraft, against legislation that would block such reductions and retirements. In July 13 testimony to the Senate Armed Services seapower subcommittee, Gen. Duncan McNabb says the Pentagon’s Mobility Capabilities and Requirements Study 2016 provides the “analytical justification to recommend repeal of the 316 strategic airlift floor.”
A top lawmaker who sought to end the James Webb Space Telescope indicated July 13 that he may be willing to keep investing in the Hubble replacement. After recommending that funding be zeroed for the infrared telescope being developed by Northrop Grumman, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.), chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee in charge of NASA spending, said, “We’re going to try to take care of the James Webb.”
A recent incident in Yemen shows that the U.S. government needs to develop a “trusted shipper program” to better protect cargo jets from overseas threats, the president of the Cargo Airline Association (CAA) told a House panel Tuesday. Last fall, both UPS and FedEx jets picked up packages containing explosives in Yemen, leading to an examination of cargo jet security that is still ongoing.
