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.
Harris Corp. and L3 Technologies latest quarterly earnings are building expectations for when the two major aerospace and defense providers merge to become a potential sixth prime contractor.
Aerojet Rocketdyne continues to show a “solid” business performance, financial analysts said about the company’s latest quarterly report, but its financials have yet to take off.
As Wall Street expects Boeing to take a multi-billion-dollar hit due to ongoing 737 MAX issues, the Chicago-based company at the end of April secured up to $5 billion in new debt and credit to cushion its balance sheet.