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.
Ten years ago, the notion of transformation meant chasing new technological capabilities. But today, change for the military generally means preparing for cutbacks. On the verge of recommending more than $400 billion in budget reductions to the Pentagon over the next 10 years, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta tells the Association of the U.S. Army conference in Washington that he sees a smaller military in the future, facing a nontraditional battlespace.
Pentagon weapons programs and operating costs will bear the brunt of military spending cuts aimed at reining in the federal deficit, the U.S. defense secretary says. In an Oct. 11 speech at the Woodrow Wilson Center, Leon Panetta said modernization and operations will be the “largest area” of change and vowed to scrub every program, contract and facility for savings. But his address provided no details about which programs the Pentagon’s ongoing review of spending might wipe away.
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives put together a list of recommendations for protecting the nation’s computer systems that range from common-sense tips on good “hygiene” to providing incentives for businesses to improve their cyber-defenses.
