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.
NEW BLOOD: The U.S. State Department is looking for a few new members of a private-sector advisory panel to advise Andrew Shapiro, assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, on defense trade regulations and export reforms for the next two years. The panel’s changeover comes as the Obama administration is in the process of overhauling the U.S. munitions list. Forty-five people served on the Defense Trade Advisory Group from 2010 to 2012, and it has been led by George Sevier of MK Technology and Joyce Remington of BAE Systems.
After four years and 23 extensions, the Senate late Monday approved a bill to authorize funding for the FAA. Though it was widely expected to pass by the necessary 60-vote margin, the bill wasn’t a slam dunk, as labor unions were lobbying against it in its final weeks, objecting to a House-Senate agreement over a labor rules issue. According to the Communications Workers Union, the legislation is a “‘compromise’ in name only, would set a dangerous precedent by amending 75-year-old labor law, and would inflict significant harm on union organizing efforts.”
The leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee are taking Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to task for undercutting their work on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter — not once, but twice. On Jan. 20, Panetta lifted probation on the F-35B, the Marine Corps short-takeoff-vertical-landing variant of the jet, just about one year after the time-out, originally anticipated to be in place for two years, was imposed.
