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.
U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) will need at least 96 new bombers that are capable of launching nuclear weapons, although Air Force requirements for conventional bombing may drive that number even higher, STRATCOM’s chief says.
The chairman of the House defense appropriations subcommittee suggests concerns about politics, jobs and international rivalries could derail the selection of the Northrop Grumman/EADS team in the U.S. Air Force tanker competition.
The U.S. Air Force’s selection of a Northrop Grumman and EADS team for a $35 billion, multiyear program to build up to 179 KC-45A aerial refueling tankers bucks Boeing’s lock on the high-profile work and reflects the Air Force’s drive for multimission capabilities in its strategic fleet.
