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.
Next month, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will try for a third time in four years to achieve an intercept in what was billed six years ago as one of the most challenging trials of the troubled Boeing Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system. The trial, designed to simulate a North Korean ballistic missile attack, will aim for head-on intercept between an upgraded Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (called the CE-2). The Kill Vehicle was originally tested in January 2010 and then again in December of that year, says Roger Krone, president of Boeing Network and Space Systems.
Amid renewed calls from Congress and academics to save an airborne telescope from being grounded under proposed budget cuts, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden is preparing for meetings with his counterpart at Germany’s DLR, NASA’s partner on the project, over what amounts to a rescue mission.
