Valerie Insinna will be rejoining Breaking Defense as senior reporter covering both Congress and the global business of defense.

She will start March 4.

Insinna comes back to Breaking Defense, where she previously covered military aviation and the Pentagon, after a year spent covering the commercial aviation sector for Reuters.

She previously worked as the air warfare beat reporter for Defense News for five years, where she was recognized by numerous awards, including the prestigious National Press Club Michael A. Dornheim Award for defense journalism. Other stops include Defense Daily, National Defense Magazine, and two years as the Washington correspondent for the Tokyo Chunichi Shimbun.

She is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia journalism program.