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 though the U.S. and Russia are supposed to discuss an agreement on missile defense during the upcoming NATO summit in May, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) predicts that such an accord “is not going to happen.” The top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee pointed to a March 19 statement by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that the Russian military should develop plans to attack U.S. and NATO missile defense systems in Europe.
The Senate late yesterday afternoon rejected 55-44 an amendment that would have advanced a bill to reauthorize the U.S. Export-Import Bank. The measure needed 60 votes to pass. Ex-Im Bank supporters, including Boeing, want an increase in Ex-Im Bank’s spending limit to $140 billion and an extension of its operating authority to 2015. Opponents say Ex-Im loan guarantees to foreign carriers put U.S. airlines at a competitive disadvantage.
Even in this dismal fiscal environment, some businesses can thrive, says an executive at Modus Operandi, a software and information integration technology company. To stay alive at a time when the Pentagon stands to lose up to $1 trillion over the next decade, small businesses like Modus Operandi need to have a plan, says George Eanes, vice president of technology transition, who adds that the company aims to grow by 30% this year and even more the following year.
