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.
One of the defense industry’s chief antagonists feels like he has a new lease on his professional life, as well as a new mandate to drive the hardest bargains possible out of defense contractors.
The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin are talking about using the F-35 program’s Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) across more aircraft fleets.