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.
General aviation groups are objecting to a proposed FAA policy that would require pilots and controllers with a high body mass index (BMI), an indicator of obesity, to be screened for a sleep disorder. GA groups say it would set a “dangerous precedent” and is not justified by safety research. In a recent FAA Federal Air Surgeon's Medical Bulletin, Federal Air Surgeon Dr. Fred Tilton says the policy would require aviation medical examiners to calculate the BMI for airman and air traffic control specialist applicants.
Democrats in the House and Senate are at odds over how long to extend government indemnification, or compensation, for any third-party damages resulting from commercial space launches. Democratics on the House Science Committee want a “clean” one-year extension of indemnification provisions, which expire at year-end. That will give the panel time to hold hearings on the issue, without blurring the liability that commercial launch providers would face if the law is allowed to lapse, explains Rep.
Uncle Sam's sequestration may accomplish what Chinese and Russian anti-satellite efforts have not: undermining U.S. space capability. That is one of the emerging conclusions of an industrial base assessment by the Commerce Department, shared with Aviation Week.
