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.
Smarting from the public outrage over how an aircraft the size of a Boeing 777 could vanish, a top official at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is trying to break through the inertia that often slows the release of new global standards. Nancy Graham, director of ICAO’s Air Navigation Bureau, is spearheading efforts within the Montreal-based organization to publish global tracking standards for aircraft in two years, a fraction of the time a major action might otherwise take.
T he administration’s policy toward exporting UAVs elicits grumbling, particularly from an industry that sees foreign developers cutting into a market that the U.S. could have capitalized on. Current export restrictions might cause the U.S. to lose ground in an industry that could grow to $11.6 billion by 2023, but a report by the Stimson Center, “Task Force on U.S. Drone Policy,” also questions if these restrictions are achieving their aim. “It is unclear whether U.S. export control rules for UAVs appear well-suited to advancing U.S.
