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 Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) is hoping the White House will withdraw a draft executive order (EO) that would require contractors to disclose certain political donations made in the two years before they bid for U.S. contracting work. The requirement drafted in April would infringe on the contracting process and inhibit free speech, AIA President Marion Blakey said in a May 5 letter to President Barack Obama.
A government-issued credential for transportation workers created to enhance port security can be obtained with fake identification, according to the Government Accountability Office. In testimony to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, a GAO official said that 27% of Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC) issued went to applicants with a criminal record.
The Pentagon may have terminated the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s alternate F136 engine made by General Electric and Rolls-Royce, but the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is making sure that the U.S. government keeps what it bought during the program, to allow for its future resurrection. The language appears to be one more step by HASC Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) to keep the GE engine program alive – even through a period of dormancy.
