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.
Major aerospace supplier Arconic, a lightweight metals manufacturer, descended into turnaround-plan territory after an April 30 financial update spurred a nearly 17% drop in its stock price and talk of “mixed” performance.
In what could be its last quarterly report as an independent avionics and cabin interiors provider, Rockwell Collins on April 27 said sales for the recently ended second quarter of its financial year rose 62% from the same period a year before, thanks to its acquisition a year ago of B/E Aerospace.
Advocates for businesses tied to U.S. travel applauded President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, after he was confirmed by the Senate April 26, but they said they expect him to keep to positions for which he testified support.
