Jen Judson
Land Warfare Reporter
Jen Judson is an award-winning journalist covering land warfare for Defense News. She has also worked for Politico and Inside Defense. She holds a Master of Science degree in journalism from Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Kenyon College.
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AeroVironment to acquire BlueHalo for $4.1 billion
The merger is expected to close in the first half of calendar year 2025.
Pentagon Asks for More Money To Counter ISIS Drones
The Defense Department has asked Congress for an additional $20 million to deal with the Islamic State group's drone threat.
THAAD To Officially Deploy to South Korea
The United States and South Korea have decided together to deploy the US Army’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System to the Korean Peninsula.
Continuing Resolution Could Derail Army Aviation Readiness Recovery
A 3-star Army general says should a continuing resolution be passed instead of a fully approved fiscal 2017 defense budget in Congress, aviation training at higher echelons could slip.
Palantir Takes Fight With Army To Federal Court
Palantir Technologies has filed a bid protest in the US Court of Federal Claims against the US Army for issuing what it says is an unlawful procurement solicitation for the service’s next iteration of its internally developed intelligence software suite that shuts the company’s commercial offering out of the competition.
Long Live JLENS? NORTHCOM Scrambles on Cruise Missile Defense
The tethered aerostat designed to defend against cruise missiles is slated to be killed by Congress in fiscal 2017 legislation, leaving missile defense leaders within US Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command scrambling to find another way to address the cruise missile defense gap left open on the US East Coast.
Army Vice Chief: Aviation Plus-Ups Trigger Cuts Elsewhere
The Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Dan Allyn said the service plans to budget for an 11th Combat Aviation Brigade in South Korea and four Apache battalions for the Army National Guard in the next budget plan, but stressed that funding those formations would come at a price elsewhere.
Lockheed Might Offer Miniature Hit-to-Kill Missile Internationally
Lockheed Martin is turning to the international market to sell its Miniature Hit-to-Kill missile designed to combat rocket, artillery and mortar threats.
Lockheed Revives Rocket Launcher Production
Lockheed Martin has restarted production lines for its highly mobile artillery rocket launcher at a time when the US Army in Europe has no dedicated rocket launchers.
Lockheed, Sikorsky Debut Armed Black Hawk in Poland
An armed Black Hawk is debuting at an exercise in Poland this week, marking the first time Sikorsky has developed an armed version of the helicopter.
