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.
Liberty Hall Capital Partners, a private equity firm exclusively focused on the global aerospace and defense industry, is buying Wichita-based ZTM, a Tier 2 supplier of large, complex metallic parts and assemblies for aircraft including the 737 and 787.
U.S. defense technology and services conglomerate L-3 Communications is nearing the end of a major restructuring effort but increasingly is eyeing new, albeit relatively small, acquisitions, executives said July 28.
