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.
On the day the companies had long expected to be their first as one corporation, the U.S. Justice Department—in cooperation with European and Canadian competition authorities—instead filed a lawsuit and outlined spinoff demands before the United Technologies Corp. (UTC) would be allowed to acquire Rockwell Collins.
