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.
Airspace issues, whether access to domestic skies or control over a combat arena, is the next big focus for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and needs to be worked out imminently, according to a panel of one-star U.S. military leaders.
The White House is threatening to veto the Fiscal 2008 defense authorization bill if "Buy American" language in the House-passed version of the bill isn't removed.
Emphasizing immediate war needs over long-range, big ticket programs, House Armed Services subcommittees are authorizing money for more C-17s and engine upgrades for National Guard F-16s, while making cuts to the Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) and several missile defense programs.
