Based in Washington, Michael Bruno is Aviation Week Network’s Executive Editor for Business. He oversees coverage of aviation, aerospace and defense business issues, and is editor in chief of Aviation Week Executive Intelligence newsletters. Beyond reporting, Bruno helps organize related Aviation Week conferences, hosts podcasts and webinars, and speaks publicly as a subject matter expert on industry issues. Since joining Aviation Week in 2005, he has won several Jesse H. Neal and Aerospace Media awards. He has a master's degree from Syracuse University and a bachelor's from Vanderbilt University.
Whitcraft, a Connecticut-based manufacturer of highly-engineered precision formed, precision machined, and fabricated products for aerospace turbine engine OEMs and Tier I suppliers, said Oct. 1 it acquired Multax of Morton, Illinois, which has roots in programming the first multiple axis machines ever used.
Advanced composites provider Gurit announced Oct. 1 that it will close one of its aerospace business sites, in Zullwil, Switzerland, and concentrate work at its Kassel, Germany, center by the end of 2021.
Honeywell International said Sept. 26 that its new big-data Forge software for airlines “may” help customers Nippon Cargo Airlines and Kuwait Airways cut their fuel costs by up to 3%.
