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.
Arlington Capital Partners and Smiths Group have reached a definitive agreement for the latter to buy United Flexible, an Illinois-based parts provider for PW1000G and F135 engines and the Airbus A320neo, for $345 million.
Extant Aerospace has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets and tech data rights from the operations of NavCom Defense Electronics.
A disrupted acquisition of Welding Metallurgy Inc. by CPI Aerostructures will move forward and could close as soon as this year after a court-ordered arrangement with seller Air Industries.
