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.
NEW DEHLI – Raytheon Tactical Intelligence Systems has started a dialogue with the Indian Defense Research Development Organization on the company’s Universal Control System (UCS), an unmanned aircraft ground control system that Raytheon promises can boost operator tasking, cut accidents and improve training.
The VH-71 program to replace the existing fleet of presidential helicopters looks set for more contentious debate inside Washington this year as supporters push forward but acknowledge setbacks that appear to undermine the reasons given for the Navy-Marine Corps award to a Lockheed Martin-led team three years ago.
Lockheed Martin leaders told Wall Street analysts Jan. 24 that they expect additional orders for F-22 Raptors to become more institutionalized within the Pentagon’s budget requests as aging-fleet issues appear to be only increasing in the U.S. Air Force. Bob Stevens, Lockheed chairman, president and CEO, pointed to recent groundings of Boeing F-15 aircraft and noted that the pace of foreign counterinsurgency and other military operations looks to remain high – thus speeding up wear and tear on decades-old fighters.
