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.
Solvay Composites Materials Global Business has sold its process materials business to Composites One, a Chicagoland supplier of composites materials and services.
Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon’s largest contractor by annual sales, will close its Middle River factory near Baltimore, affecting 465 employees and shuttering a facility whose roots date to 1929.