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.
John M. Doyle (Washington), Michael L. Bruno (Washington)
When Henry Hyde retires from the U.S. House of Representatives at the end of the year, Congress will be losing one of its strongest advocates for keeping a tight rein on the transfer of defense technology overseas.
The Senate Appropriations Committee wants to spend homeland security money on airport security measures as well as aircraft and sensors for border operations. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) would get more than $3 billion for airport security under a Homeland Security Dept. funding bill recommended by the panel.
The Senate wants to authorize more money for missile defense and long-term fighter procurement in Fiscal 2007, but its version of the defense authorization bill also eases requirements for U.S.-made specialty metals in military hardware--setting up a showdown with the House of Representatives. However, any reckoning between the two legislative bodies will have to wait until Congress returns from this week's July 4 holiday break.
