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.
Germany’s Hensoldt, the former Airbus defense electronics unit, continued its stand-alone growth strategy on April 12 with the announcement it will buy Nexeya’s test and integration and services business as well as major parts of its mission management and power conversion businesses.
Delta Air Lines, through its Delta TechOps MRO division, is working on being able to use unmanned aerial vehicles on the airfield—outside of a hangar—to conduct inspection work on its air transport aircraft at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and others.
ATLANTA - Most corners of the aerospace and defense sector grasp the promise of so-called big data analytics by now – and likely no place better than the MRO domain.