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.
In mid-October, nearly 4,000 FAA workers will receive back pay for wages lost during the late-July partial shutdown of the agency, according to a New Jersey congressman. Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.), who represents the district in which nearly 650 workers from the FAA Technical Center in Egg Harbor Township were furloughed, had promised the workers that receiving back pay would not be a problem. But lawmakers have not included funding in spending bills considered since the shutdown.
Responding to reports about missing shoulder-fired missiles, or Manpads, in Libya, a California senator is asking the U.S. government to start a program in fiscal 2013 that would protect commercial aircraft from potential attacks. The program would follow a Homeland Security initiative started in 2003 under which BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman created systems that completed more than “16,000 flight hours aboard cargo and passenger aircraft,” according to a letter sent Sept. 27 by Sen.
Responding to reports about missing shoulder-fired missiles, or Manpads, in Libya, a California senator is asking the government to start a program in fiscal 2013 that would protect commercial aircraft from potential attacks. The program would follow a Homeland Security initiative started in 2003 in which BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman created systems that completed more than “16,000 flight hours aboard cargo and passenger aircraft,” according to a letter sent Tuesday by Sen.
