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.
A House panel recommends killing the Northrop Grumman-built James Webb Space Telescope, calling the Hubble successor “billions of dollars over budget and plagued by poor management.”
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is taking the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to task for two recent security breakdowns. Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) says he is “gravely concerned” about an incident in which a Nigerian national flew from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport to Los Angeles on an expired boarding pass, and another in which a passenger boarded a flight without having his boarding pass checked. Both incidents occurred on Virgin America flights.
President Obama reopened barely healed wounds and drew an outcry of protests from the general aviation community and elected officials last week when he pushed for increased taxes on millionaires, billionaires and corporate aircraft users, saying their tax breaks could compromise health, education and safety programs.
