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.
With the House Armed Services Committee keeping General Electric's F136 engine on life support, its opponents are considering their next move. Supporters of the Pratt & Whitney engine for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter are weighing how to block funding for the F136 in the U.S. Congress and how to ensure that the next defense secretary picks up where the last one left off.
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) aims to keep tabs on the cost of any changes that Boeing might make to its KC-46A tanker as the U.S. Air Force proceeds with development. “We want to be the eyes looking over their shoulder, since we got screwed on that deal,” says Rogers, in whose state EADS would have assembled tanker aircraft had it won the $35 billion contract.
The U.S. House of Representatives looks like it is going after the Transportation Department (DOT) for massive budget reductions in fiscal 2012, a move that could have serious implications for the NextGen air traffic modernization program.
