Jen Judson

Land Warfare Reporter

Jen Judson is the land warfare reporter for Defense News. She has covered defense in the Washington area for over six years. She was previously a reporter at Politico Pro Defense and InsideDefense.com. At InsideDefense.com, Judson specialized in Army aviation and missile defense. Judson broke the news on the Army’s controversial plan to retire its Kiowa Warrior helicopters and instead use Apache helicopters that would be taken from the National Guard. She was awarded the National Press Club’s 2014 Newsletter Journalism Award for her coverage. Judson began her reporting career in Boston, Mass., as a State House correspondent for the MetroWest Daily News covering the special election following the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy. She also covered city government for the Daily News Tribune in Waltham, Mass. and was a jack-of-all-trades reporter at the Norwood Transcript and Bulletin. Judson is a Denver, Colo., native. She holds a master of science degree in print Journalism from Boston University and a bachelor of arts degree in history from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio.

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Raytheon CTO says merged company is finding new ways to work together

Here's how Raytheon's chief technology officer is looking at solving the Pentagon's toughest problems.

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The Russian Zircon hypersonic cruise missile is launched from the Admiral Groshkov frigate on Oct. 7, 2020, in the White Sea.

Here are the three companies selected to design hypersonic missile interceptors for MDA

The Missile Defense Agency has chosen three teams to design a Glide Phase Interceptor to defend against hypersonic threats.

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German powertrain company makes play in US as combat vehicle competition heats up

Here's how a German company is making a big play in the American combat vehicle market.

Pentagon wants industry’s help to bolster allies and partners’ cybersecurity

The Pentagon's cyber policy shop wants US industry to help allies and partners strengthen cybersecurity.

US Army’s hypersonic supervisor talks tech portfolio

Since Lt. Gen. L. Neil Thurgood took over the U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, he’s overseen the Pentagon’s attempt to build the U.S. hypersonic weapons industrial base, begun fielding hypersonic launchers and other equipment to the first unit to receive the capability and has started building out the first battery of a laser-weapon equipped Stryker combat vehicle.

New AM General chief vows to ‘put the full weight of the organization’ into pursuing JLTV

AM General has a new CEO. Defense News sat down with him to discuss where he plans to take the business into the future.

US Army awards Boeing, General Atomics contract to develop powerful laser weapon

Boeing and General Atomics are onboard to develop a 300-kilowatt laser weapon system for the U.S. Army.

Here’s when General Dynamics thinks a sale of Abrams tanks to Poland will move forward

General Dynamics hopes to move forward on a foreign military sale of Abrams tanks to Poland.

General Dynamics, Epirus team up to integrate counter-drone swarm system on combat vehicles

General Dynamics Land Systems and Epirus are teaming to bring a counter-drone swarm capability to combat vehicles.

Chinese hypersonic missile test unlikely to trigger arms race, experts say

The Chinese space-based hypersonic missile test in August is a wake-up call for the United States, but isn't likely to start a Sputnik-like arms race, experts say.

US Army’s Precision Strike Missile breaks distance record in flight test

The Army conducted a flight test to push its new Precision Strike Missile out as far as it could beyond 499 kilometers on Oct. 13 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

Here’s how Army aviation is tackling the open architecture challenge

The Army has struggled to produce new aircraft in recent decades, and critics argue the service is being too ambitious in pursuing two aircraft at once.