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.
Airbus said it will sell its stake in composites-specialist and aerostructures provider Alestis Aerospace of Miranda de Ebro, Spain, to aerostructures and engine parts supplier Aciturri of Spain.
The defense manufacturing sector should see 5% sales growth in 2019 and may not peak until 2021, according to the latest supply chain survey from Canaccord Genuity.
