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.
Boeing’s contentious squeeze on suppliers is gaining traction despite complaints from below and still has a lot more to give, according to the manufacturer’s chairman and chief executive. CEO Jim McNerney told financial analysts and reporters during the Chicago company’s first-quarter teleconference April 23 that Boeing is in “the early innings” of turning the Partnering for Success (PFS) supply chain policy into contracts, and that Wall Street will increasingly see the benefits over the coming decade. &n
Textron is cutting its Beechcraft and Cessna workforces by 750 full-time employees and contractors, the company warned workers. “This reduction affects all areas of the Beechcraft and Cessna businesses, including salaried and hourly employees in positions spanning from management to non-management levels,” Textron Human Resources Senior Vice President Jim Walters said in a letter to employees. Beechcraft and Cessna had a combined workforce of more than 13,000.
Lockheed Martin’s chief executive remains bullish on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, despite another round of bruising headlines recently, because the company sees non-U.S. demand increasing and mitigating order cuts from the U.S. military.
