Michael Bruno

Washington, D.C.

Executive Business Editor at Aviation Week

Host at Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast

Articles

Capella Space Acquired by IonQ in Quantum Computing Push

6 days ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

Investors in satellite-based synthetic aperture radar startup Capella Space have found their exit after commercial quantum computing and networking company IonQ said it will buy the space company later this year. Publicly traded IonQ said late May 7 it signed a definitive agreement to acquire...
EU Set To Impose Tariffs On Boeing Imports

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Jens Flottau |Michael Bruno

ATHENS and WASHINGTON—The European Commission plans to impose tariffs on Boeing imports into the European Union (EU), should the trade dispute with the U.S. not be settled, several industry sources say. Brussels is understood to be planning to publish a list of U.S. goods as early as May 8 that...
Eutelsat Hires Telecom Veteran In Surprise CEO Handover

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

Eutelsat, which is gearing up to be a European constellation champion in the face of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite system, on May 5 announced that telecommunications veteran Jean-François Fallacher will take over as CEO after Eva Berneke departs June 1. No official reason was given for the surprise...
Daily Memo: Spirit AeroSystems Achieves A Dying Wish

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

Spirit AeroSystems’s days are numbered, and for the last year or so it has slipped into being a zombie company, standalone in name only. With the Wichita aerostructures giant’s sale to Boeing (and some factories to Airbus, too) slated to close by the third quarter of this year, its latest quarterly...
RTX, Former Raytheon Cyber Unit Pay $8.4M In False Claims Act Case

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

RTX and the former cyber and intelligence business it spun out last year have agreed to pay the U.S. government $8.4 million to resolve Justice Department allegations that Raytheon violated the False Claims Act by failing to comply with cybersecurity requirements in contracts or subcontracts...
Aerospace Industry Pushes For Return To Tariff-Free Business

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno |Jens Flottau

Western aerospace and defense companies anticipate paying billions of dollars in unexpected costs this year due to the Trump administration’s tariffs and trade wars, executives have said in recent weeks. While manufacturers say they can deal with those headwinds in 2025—so far—they cannot yet figure...
Boeing Wary Of Europe Closing Off Like China

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

Based in Washington, Michael Bruno is Aviation Week Network’s Executive Editor for Business. He oversees coverage of aviation, aerospace and defense businesses, supply chains and related issues.
Pandemic Playbook Will Help, Suppliers Say, But Tariffs Will Cost

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

Super Tier 1 suppliers are dusting off their Covid-19 pandemic playbooks over cost escalations during that crisis in order to manage the next wave of challenges to wallop the aerospace and defense industry: the Trump administration’s tariffs and trade wars. But they already see major cost increases...
Boeing Sells Jeppesen, ForeFlight, Others For $10.6B

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

Software investment firm Thoma Bravo has emerged as the winning bidder for a slew of Boeing assets being divested, including Jeppesen, ForeFlight, AerData and OzRunways. The all-cash transaction, announced April 22, is valued at $10.55 billion, according to the companies. The asset sales were long...
Aerospace Industry Mulls Force Majeure In Wake Of Tariffs

1 month ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

Too many questions remain about how the Trump administration’s tariffs will affect the business of aerospace and defense, but one thing is certain: Prices are going up. One serious question companies are asking themselves is how they will account for higher prices in their operations and financial plans.