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.
Embracing hybrid-electric aviation could boost the aerospace sector’s appeal, prolong the long-term 4-5% annual growth in air travel and stimulate the regional market.
Providing constant, predictable federal appropriations for the U.S. human space exploration effort is the most important message Congress needs to hear, legacy contractors responsible for the late and overbudget programs told Capitol Hill aides recently.
Bombardier’s reign as a marquee regional jet builder will end within a year now that the Canadian manufacturer has struck a deal to sell its Canadair Regional Jet program to Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for $550 million and assumption of some debt.
