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.
Astronics, an Upstate New York supplier of aircraft passenger seat power and other products to the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry, as well as technologies for the semiconductor sector, said it would move away from the latter to focus more on its growing A&D business.
ArianeGroup will look to cut its workforce by 2,300 workers over the next four years as the European rocket company tries to transition into profitable operations of its new Ariane 6 space launcher.
