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.
A startup with ties to a former NATO allied supreme commander and a retired National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency director who is aiming to launch “the world’s first commercial constellation of high-resolution hyperspectral imaging satellites” just raised an initial $85 million investment.
Spirit AeroSystems is seeking compensation from major suppliers associated with its 737 fuselage deliveries to Boeing over the last year, and the Wichita company expects to pay penalties to Boeing as well, Spirit’s chief executive said Sept. 12.
