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.
Boeing Commercial Aircraft’s top salesman asserted Mar. 21 that changes to the 737 MAX related to the crash of Lion Air Flight 610 will be approved by U.S. authorities in April, reiterating that safety continues to be the core mission of the embattled manufacturer.
The Defense Department has found that the top 10 states by total defense spending in fiscal 2017 received accounted for $239.7 billion of $407 billion total tracked that year.