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.
Even in an environment where Congress is slashing discretionary funding, the Senate Appropriations Committee this week approved $956 million for the FAA’s NextGen air traffic modernization program in fiscal 2013, a 2% increase from last year.
America overreacted after 9/11, put-ting some useless or extreme measures in place, and a similar scenario could play out if the nation doesn't wake up to the threat of a catastrophic cyberattack, says a former director of national intelligence (DNI). “When we overreact, we will reengineer the Internet and do a lot of draconian things,” Booz Allen Vice Chairman Mike McConnell, President George W. Bush's last DNI, told Bloomberg's Cybersecurity Conference April 19. He believes the Obama administration and Congress are not taking the threat of a cyber 9/11 seriously enough.
As the calendar inches closer to May 31, when the Export-Import Bank's operating authority will expire, signs of a compromise are beginning to emerge. Industry sources on both sides of the debate say the discussion is less about whether the bank should or should not continue to exist and more about discussing the details of a compromise. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who supports a long-term extension of the Ex-Im Bank, believes House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), who has opposed a long-term extension of the bill's authorities, is ready to make a deal.
