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.
A few years into a surge of spending, Lockheed Martin remains Wall Street’s favorite prime defense contractor to benefit from the DOD's hypersonics drive. But Raytheon could be a better investment, a new report says.
Several commercial aerospace engine providers have acknowledged production cuts in recent quarterly announcements, meaning Boeing 737 MAX issues increasingly may weigh on other suppliers who were seemingly insulated from the narrowbody’s problems to date, analysts said in a new report.
The share price of Astronics plummeted more than 21% in regular stock trading Aug. 5 after the key supplier of aircraft passenger seat power and other inflight entertainment (IFE) products acknowledged a string of events that walloped its latest earnings and is lowering its financial outlook.
