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.
In a major acquisition that seals its presence in the U.S., Canadian company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates will buy Earth imagery and info provider DigitalGlobe.
Master aerospace acquirer TransDigm Group said Feb. 22 it has acquired the stock of Schroth Safety Products of Germany, and certain aviation and defense assets and liabilities from subsidiaries of Takata for about $90 million total in cash.
