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.
Amy Butler, Michael Bruno and John M. Doyle (Washington)
In the wake of the Pentagon's decision last year to truncate F-22 buys at 183 stealthy jets, two recent measures in the U.S. Congress could breathe new life into production and sales of the Lockheed Martin-built aircraft. The House of Representatives has overturned a years-old law barring sale of the F-22 abroad, and the Senate has given the Air Force the nod to enter into a multiyear purchasing agreement that could be critical to keep the fighter line open for years to come.
F-22A Raptor advocates in Congress have suffered a small blow as the congressional Government Accountability Office issued a report June 21 that said, "the DOD has not demonstrated the need or value for making further investments in the F-22A program."
Investigators from at least two federal agencies are examining the wreckage of a Predator B to determine what caused the Homeland Security Dept.'s only unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to go out of control and crash in the Arizona desert last week.
