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.
JDAMs, PLEASE: The foreign military sales trend continues, as Israel has asked to buy 6,900 Boeing Joint Direct Attack Munition tail kits, parts and training, a deal worth about $647 million, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. DSCA notified Congress of the potential sale Dec. 10. Up to this point, Congress had been notified of 58 foreign military sales valued at $62 billion. “The principal contractors will be The Boeing Company in St.
President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) met over the weekend to discuss averting the so-called fiscal cliff of federal budget cuts and the expiration of tax cuts. No deal yet, and as of last week, the consensus view of defense industry officials was near unanimous: prepare for the leap.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging House and Senate conferees to maintain restrictions on the ability of the Pentagon to contract with Russian weapons exporter Rosoboronexport in the final version of the defense authorization bill.
