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.
PHOENIX—The global military MRO marketplace is plateauing this year at its 2013 level of around $61 billion, according to one forecast offered at Aviation Week’s MRO Military conference. But major changes could be in store for the sector by way of falling war budgets in Washington, several analysts, executives and conference participants suggested in a daylong forum here April 9.
