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.
SAN JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil — Two years after formally establishing its defense and security unit, Embraer has brought in $1.056 billion in revenue, posting 24% growth over last year. And in the next eight years, the company is setting continually high expectations of double-digit growth, says Luiz Carlos Aguiar, the division’s chief executive officer. The company is continuing its effort to capture Brazilian defense contracts and to establish itself as a systems integrator for countries that do not already have an entrenched industrial base.
Citing an increased threat in North Korea and Iran, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the United States now plans to purchase 14 additional Ground-based Interceptors and eliminate a developmental missile defense system that the U.S. had planned to deploy in Europe. The Pentagon also will deploy a second TPY-2 radar in Japan and begin conducting environmental impact studies for a third Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system site in the continental U.S. to counter the threat.
A Colorado congressman has asked the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to explain why it might furlough civilian employees. Rep. Douglas Lamborn (R), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, says he has received a “disturbing report” that the furloughs could be avoided even as the Pentagon seeks to comply with the $85 billion across-the-board reduction in government spending that started March 1.
