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.
“Our strategic divestiture of EES helps AeroVironment focus on our leading small UAS [unmanned aircraft systems], tactical missile systems, high-altitude pseudosatellite, and commercial information solutions businesses," said AeroVironment CEO Wahid Nawabi.
The G500 is expected to enter service in the second half of 2018 and G600 in first half of 2019. Analysts said there are about 50 orders each, so Gulfstream does have a head start.
Increased commercial passenger traffic and limited capacity will drive airport information technology spending to $4.6 billion by 2023, consultants at Frost & Sullivan said in a new report, with digitalization seen driving a transformative experience for flyers.
