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. lawmakers are calling for independent testing of new plans by LightSquared to limit the launch of its wireless broadband network to the lower of its two 10 MHz blocks of L-band spectrum to mitigate concerns of interference with GPS signals.
A trio of missile defense programs has altered the psychological dynamic of warfare in the Middle East from “terror to entertainment,” says the former head of Israel’s missile defense organization. “That’s a game changer,” says Uzi Rubin, in describing the recent successes of missile defense systems including Rafael’s Iron Dome, the Arrow-2 made by Boeing and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), and David’s Sling, being developed by Raytheon and Rafael.
Amy Butler (Le Bourget), Robert Wall (Le Bourget), Guy Norris (Le Bourget), Jen DiMascio (Washington)
There is nothing that concentrates the mind like the prospect of a hanging. This quip came to mind for U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn when asked whether the Lockheed Martin F-35B was still on “probation.” Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in January that if performance of the short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing (Stovl) version of the F-35—the most expensive of the three variants—does not improve, he would propose terminating it in two years.
