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.
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden assured senators on April 11 that the James Webb Space Telescope is receiving top-level oversight and making technological progress. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), chair of the Senate Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies subcommittee, pressed Bolden on the telescope’s price tag, which has soared $1.5 billion over budget, according to an independent report commissioned by the senator.
The government may have avoided a shutdown last week, but the FAA didn’t escape cuts. Congress on Friday passed a final one-week spending bill that clipped another $2 billion out of the federal budget, and the FAA gave up $8.7 million from its facilities and equipment accounts, of which $3.5 million came from its research and development budget, according to the Senate Appropriations Committee.
The government leaned closer to a shutdown on April 7 as the White House threatened to veto a House bill that would have funded defense through the end of the fiscal year and the rest of the government for one more week. In a Statement of Administration Policy, the Obama administration said it wanted to continue pursuing negotiations on spending that were making progress — at least as of late April 6.
