Jen Judson

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.


  • S-97 Raider makes hard landing during flight test
    S-97 Raider makes hard landing during flight test

    The Sikorsky S-97 Raider experimental helicopter made a hard landing Wednesday morning during a flight test.

  • Poland sends mixed signals on Patriot negotiations
    Poland sends mixed signals on Patriot negotiations

    The secretary of state at Poland’s Ministry of National Defence threatened to break off an impending deal with the U.S. government to buy Patriot air-and-missile defense systems if certain requirements for technology transfers are not met, according to a letter sent to the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency.

  • Rethinking the battlefield: Army drives toward lighter, smaller, mobile systems at NIE
    Rethinking the battlefield: Army drives toward lighter, smaller, mobile systems at NIE

    For the new light infantry unit conducting the Network Integration Evaluation out at Fort Bliss, Texas, smaller, lighter and more mobile systems that don’t inherently make soldiers enemy targets due to heat and electromagnetic signatures are on the wish list for future system iterations.

  • Capacity, interoperability still plague European missile defense
    Capacity, interoperability still plague European missile defense

    The United States and its allies in Europe don’t have enough missile defense capability and still have a long way to go to tie all of the varying systems together into one networked web, according to the outgoing U.S. Army Europe commander.

  • Reserves bolster deterrence efforts at Saber Guardian
    Reserves bolster deterrence efforts at Saber Guardian

    The U.S. Army-led Saber Guardian showed the U.S. Army reserve forces playing integral roles throughout the exercise across Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary this month.

  • Photo gallery: A drop on Bezmer Airfield at Swift Response
    Photo gallery: A drop on Bezmer Airfield at Swift Response

    Eleven C-130s and two C-17s passed over Bezmer Air Base, Bulgaria,, dropping paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team as part of Swift Response, an exercise within Saber Guardian.

  • On the ground with Resolute Castle
    On the ground with Resolute Castle

    The 926th Engineer Brigade, comprised of U.S. Army National Guard and Reserve soldiers, have had the lead on the projects at the Joint National Training Center in Romania since October 2016. The efforts fall under one exercise — Resolute Castle 2017.

  • Photo gallery: Crossing the Danube at Saber Guardian
    Photo gallery: Crossing the Danube at Saber Guardian

    The Romanian armed forces conduct a river crossing exercise on the Danube as part of the U.S. Army Europe’s Black Sea region exercise Saber Guardian.

  • Outgoing US Army Europe commander pushes for ‘Military Schengen Zone’
    Outgoing US Army Europe commander pushes for ‘Military Schengen Zone’

    As the U.S. Army Europe commander prepares to exit the military stage in September, he’s pushing for better ways for militaries to move freely around the European theater and thinks a military Schengen zone might be the best way to achieve that goal.

  • Light infantry unit changes game at Network Integration Evaluation
    Light infantry unit changes game at Network Integration Evaluation

    The Network Integration Evaluation has been used for years to test aspects of the Army’s network at Fort Bliss, Texas; and since its inception, a full-time brigade has been designated to conduct the evaluations. But this year that has changed.