Based in Washington, Jen manages Aviation Week’s worldwide defense, space and security coverage.
Prior to taking on her current 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 former congressman has been a champion of commercial space efforts, which should serve him well as SpaceX and Boeing prepare to launch humans to space.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is exploring algorithms that can help its command and control systems learn what is a missile flying through the sky and what is benign.
The former Oklahoma Republican congressman takes the reins of the agency at a critical time, with the U.S. poised to resume human spaceflight, but on vehicles not of its own design.
