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.
President Barack Obama did more than lay down a marker last week when he proposed $400 billion in new cuts to security spending in the next 12 years; his remarks emboldened a corps of fiscal hardliners seeking to lop nearly $1 trillion from military accounts. Here's the kicker: They may have a shot.
Frank Morring, Jr. (Colorado Springs), Jen DiMascio (Washington)
Contractors and wannabes will push hard in the weeks ahead to capture some of the $18.5 billion NASA has to spend by the end of September. Congress's compromise continuing resolution finally puts some new money behind the space policy Congress and the White House have debated since President Barack Obama issued his fiscal 2011 NASA budget request in February 2010.
TOUGH ON DEFENSE: President Barack Obama has pledged to make $400 billion in future defense spending cuts as part of his plans to reduce the national deficit by $4 trillion over the next 12 years. “Just as we must find more savings in domestic programs, we must do the same in defense,” Obama says. According to the White House, the savings will be spread between now and 2023. Obama says he will provide specifics after a comprehensive review with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
