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 spokesman stressed that the core geared turbofan architecture is proven across 17 operators, and the company has added 15,000 engines to its backlog.
Leonardo looks to bolster its existing core business of electro-optical and infrared sensors and systems with the acquisition, and ride business growth in new U.S. military aircraft survivability systems.
Boeing still has much to figure out, if it is going to pursue a new midsize airplane, according to the godfather of modern aircraft leasing, Air Lease Corp. Executive Chairman Steven Udvar-Hazy.
