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.
The House Armed Services Committee has approved a defense policy bill to authorize $554 billion in Pentagon spending during fiscal 2013 and that keeps in place a requirement for the Pentagon to start work on a new East Coast missile defense site. The bill, which authorizes $88 billion in war funding, also approved an amendment that will follow the House Appropriations Committee in putting a halt on the Air Force’s plan to scale back the Air National Guard with regard to C-130s.
Sen. Charles Schumer (D. N.Y.), who has opposed previous attempts at airline consolidation, now is setting his sights on the proposed union of US Airways and American Airlines.
The House Armed Services Committee fended off an amendment that could have withheld half of procurement funding for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in fiscal 2013 if it does not deliver to Congress the date the program is to reach an initial operating capability (IOC). Instead, the defense authorization bill being considered by the House will require the Defense Department to provide the IOC date without a penalty.
