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.
AE Industrial Partners, a private equity investor specializing in aerospace, power generation and specialty industrial companies, has succeeded in its acquisition of engineering services group CDI.
Only in Washington can an idea never die, but still suffer a fatal setback. That may be the case now for “privatizing” federal air traffic control services.