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.
TransDigm Group is continuing its supply chain roll up and said Sept. 6 it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Young and Franklin and its subsidiaries, including Tactair Fluid Controls, for $260 million in cash.
GKN Aerospace said Sept. 5 it reached long-term agreements with Boeing Commercial Airplanes for titanium- and aluminium-machined parts and subassemblies for 767, 777, and 787 aircraft, as well as new work packages for the 777X.
General Electric on Sept. 6 announced plans to acquire two European suppliers of additive manufacturing (AM) equipment, Arcam AB and SLM Solutions Group AG for $1.4 billion, in a move analysts said better integrates GE’s aviation supply chain.
