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Michael Bruno

Executive Editor, Business

Washington, DC

Summary

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.

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Articles

By Michael Bruno
As combat ends, retirements loom and PBL contracts wane, military MRO idles
MRO

By Michael Bruno
Recent announcements could herald a new wave of strategic deals

By Michael Bruno
Sometimes it is the potential energy, not kinetic, that makes the difference. In the end, the gun sport and outdoor division within Alliant Techsystems (ATK) was seen as having too much growth potential not to stand alone, so a corporate split-off was necessary. ATK’s aerospace and defense (A&D) businesses, meanwhile, had far more to gain when combined with Orbital Sciences.