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.
The new defense budget request is not a complete return to Cold War heydays for industry, but it is close enough for a marketplace that never truly left it.
Boeing cut its staff employees by at least 6% in 2017, or about 9,700 workers altogether, according to information the company provided in its latest annual regulatory filing.
