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.
A member of the secretive congressional committee in charge of finding ways to rein in the U.S. government from its staggering deficit is already asking about ways to get around the harshest penalty associated with failure: $600 billion in automatic cuts to the Pentagon budget.
SPENDING BILLS: The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee told reporters Oct. 26 that if the Senate can by next week send the House of Representatives a bill that contains spending for NASA and the FAA, the House and Senate versions can be reconciled before the current spending bill for the entire government runs out Nov. 18. Rep.
With the U.S. unemployment rate at 9.1% and President Obama pushing for a costly jobs bill, the Aerospace Industries Association is framing its don’t-cut-defense-spending message in terms that may resonate with politicians. If the worst-case budget scenario unfolds and the “supercommittee” and/or Congress fails to reach an accord on pinpointing ways to trim at least $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit, the Pentagon would automatically lose $600 billion over the next decade in addition to an initial cut of about $450 billion.
