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.
COLUMBUS, Miss. — The sale of Airbus Helicopters UH-72 Lakota aircraft to Thailand, as well as the U.S. Army’s plan to purchase 100 Lakotas for the pilot training center at Ft. Rucker, Ala., have given a boost to a program that was nearly on the ropes one year ago. Company officials believe that the Foreign Military Sale (FMS) will be the first of many with Thailand and other countries. “We hope to have a recurring contract every year to replace their aging aircraft,” says Marc Paganini, president and CEO of Airbus Helicopters, Inc., of the Thai army.
After two years of pretending that congressionally mandated spending cuts would disappear, the Obama administration finally made an attempt to acknowledge them in its fiscal 2015 budget. Now lawmakers seem to be wishing and hoping to reduce deficits while protecting military gear.
