Based in Washington, Jen managed Aviation Week’s worldwide defense, space and security coverage from 2013 to January 2024.
Prior to taking on the Executive Editor 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 U.K.’s minister of state for defense procurement met with top Pentagon officials July 28 and discussed a number of issues, including the F-35 and nuclear submarines.
In the last three months, Boeing, General Electric and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s largest business trade organization, have spent $35.6 million to lobby Congress to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank. But so far those millions have not been enough.
