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 death of Osama bin Laden may prompt calls to quicken the pace of withdrawal from Afghanistan and to magnify the push to cut defense dollars, but those are not coming from the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) told reporters May 2 that the Al Qaeda leader’s death had changed little on either front. “My position is we need to find savings in the defense budget,” Levin said during a conference call. “The need was there before. The need is still there after.”
In a distinct departure from the past, before the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) meets to mark up the 2012 defense authorization bill the committee will release copies of the bill and accompanying report language to the public.
Administrator Randy Babbitt believes that while the administration is open to a public-private partnership to help finance the NextGen air traffic control modernization program, putting the structure in place is no simple undertaking, he told the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on April 27.
