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.
GKN Aerospace said Sept. 5 it reached long-term agreements with Boeing Commercial Airplanes for titanium- and aluminium-machined parts and subassemblies for 767, 777, and 787 aircraft, as well as new work packages for the 777X.
General Electric on Sept. 6 announced plans to acquire two European suppliers of additive manufacturing (AM) equipment, Arcam AB and SLM Solutions Group AG for $1.4 billion, in a move analysts said better integrates GE’s aviation supply chain.
Lockheed Martin and Leidos are serving as the latest examples of how a business unit sale can mess up an expected government contract, just by changing owners in the middle of bidding.
