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.
The global aircraft seating market is projected to reach $16.94 billion by 2021, making for a compound annual growth rate of 14.15%, according to ASDReports.
Triumph Group has sold its Newport News, Virginia, aerospace systems business unit and Force Measurement Systems division in San Diego to privately owned aerospace and automotive research company Calspan.
Raytheon, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin “will dominate the defense electronics market” in that order until almost 2025, Teal Group analysts predict.