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.
Barry Matsumori, a SpaceX veteran and until recently the CEO of space optical communications startup BridgeComm, was named the chief operating officer of Impulse Space Propulsion, the new in-orbit transfer services company founded by Tom Mueller, a SpaceX co-founder and its longtime chief technology officer.
Japanese commercial UAV company Terra Drone has raised $70 million in Series B venture capital from local investors and will apply the funds toward a drone air traffic management service.
