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.
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Export-Import Bank heard an earful of opposition and doubt from senators on both sides of the aisle on Nov. 1, with many members of the banking panel openly wondering whether avowed bank opponent Scott Garrett eventually would try to undermine or dismantle the U.S. export credit agency.
Aerospace and defense electronics provider Harris said Oct. 31 that it recently won a $34 million follow-on contract for a new, classified space business offering.
A judge in a legal fight between Cobham’s Aeroflex unit and Tel-Instrument, a designer and manufacturer of avionics test and measurement offerings, has awarded Aeroflex an additional $2.1 million in punitive damages.
