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.
Shareholders of L3 Technologies and Harris Corp. approved the merger of their two companies in separate votes April 4, keeping the deal on track to close by midyear.
Aerospace manufacturing managers said they will boost their production capacity and technology capabilities this year as they labor to keep up increasing production of aircraft, especially narrowbody airliners.
Aernnova, a Spanish Tier 1 provider of aircraft empennages, wings and fuselages, has completed the purchase of aircraft engineering firm Structural Integrity Engineering.
