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.
House lawmakers skewered Obama administration officials Oct. 4 on the decision to sell Lockheed Martin F-16 upgrades to the Taiwanese government, rather than brand-new F-16 C/D aircraft. But the officials indicated the story is not over. They might be open to selling F-16 C and D aircraft in the future.
Rep. Jerry Costello (Ill.), the top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure aviation subcommittee, will not run for re-election next fall. “It has been a privilege and an honor to serve in the U.S. Congress for the past 23 years,” Costello says in a statement. “However, I said when I was elected in 1988 and many times since that I did not intend to stay in Congress forever as I had other interests that I wanted to pursue.”
The Transportation Security Agency, long derided by travelers for glacially slow wait times at airports and by public officials for its bureaucratic inefficiency, is finally winning a bit of praise for the rollout of a pilot program aimed at speeding airport security checks. TSA PreCheck, as it is branded, is a limited voluntary pre-screening program that allows airlines to sign up certain frequent flyers at four U.S. airports—Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit and Miami. It also includes members of Customs and Border Protection’s Trusted Traveler programs.
