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.
The military’s top leaders defended the U.S. approach to missile defense on Capitol Hill June 15 when questioned about a new report that a key senator says shoots holes in the Obama administration’s European Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA) for defending the continent against ballistic missile attacks. During a hearing of the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) referenced a report being written by the Defense Science Board (DSB) about early intercept, the post-launch, pre-apogee portion of a missile’s trajectory.
The Transportation Security Administration has revised its process for airports to join a private screening program, the agency confirmed June 15, and six airports whose applications to participate in the Screening Partnership Program (SPP) that previously were denied, are eligible to apply again, as are other airports. “Earlier this year, TSA Administrator John Pistole stated that the agency had not seen a demonstrated or substantial advantage to expanding the Screening Partnership Program,” says spokesman Nicholas Kimball.
The House Appropriations Committee on June 14 approved a $649 billion bill to fund the Defense Department and the war in Afghanistan for fiscal 2012, adding a vote of confidence for the nation’s most expensive weapon system – the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
