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.
Lockheed Martin leaders told Wall Street analysts Jan. 24 that they expect additional orders for F-22 Raptors to become more institutionalized within the Pentagon’s budget requests as aging-fleet issues appear to be only increasing in the U.S. Air Force. Bob Stevens, Lockheed chairman, president and CEO, pointed to recent groundings of Boeing F-15 aircraft and noted that the pace of foreign counterinsurgency and other military operations looks to remain high – thus speeding up wear and tear on decades-old fighters.
Airspace issues, whether access to domestic skies or control over a combat arena, is the next big focus for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and needs to be worked out imminently, according to a panel of one-star U.S. military leaders.
The White House is threatening to veto the Fiscal 2008 defense authorization bill if "Buy American" language in the House-passed version of the bill isn't removed.
