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.
ARAB SUMMER: With the Egyptian presidential election close at hand, U.S. experts on the region see an opportunity to redefine the diplomatic relationship but are divided about what that means for the relationship with the Egyptian military — long a source of stability in the Middle Eastern center of influence. Since the 1980s, the U.S. has extended billions in military aid to Egypt. Frank Wisner, a former U.S. ambassador to Egypt, told the Center for American Progress on June 5 that the Egyptian military will remain critical to U.S. relations there.
The State Department is wrestling with how to refresh a treaty that has governed peace in Europe since 1992. The Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) that limits the number of conventional weapons that can be deployed on the continent was signed in 1990, following the collapse of the Soviet Union. But participation in the treaty has gradually eroded. Russia suspended its implementation in 2007. By late 2011, the U.S. and 21 NATO allies ceased carrying out their CFE obligations with respect to Russia.
The U.S. Congress is closer than ever before to reversing a 14-year-old law aimed at limiting dual-use satellite technology that the industry complains has put U.S. exports at a competitive disadvantage.
