Michael Bruno

Washington, D.C.

Executive Business Editor at Aviation Week

Host at Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast

Articles

Leggett & Platt Divests Out Of Aerospace, Defense

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

Thirteen years after getting into aerospace and defense supply as an adjacency, diversified parts provider Leggett & Platt will sell its aerospace and defense unit for $285 million gross to private investment firm Tinicum. The Aerospace Products Group is a supplier of complex, highly engineered tube...
Daily Memo: The Aerospace Industry Is Tarified

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

Shipments stopped. War rooms set up. Contracts renegotiations to come. The aerospace industry has already started responding to President Donald Trump’s tariffs on the rest of the world, and it isn’t pretty. In fact, some people are practically terrified. “Tariffs are definitely a big red,” says...
Trump Unveils Tariff Target Rates On Other Countries

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump on April 2 announced long-awaited tariffs on other countries, urging foreign companies to build and operate factories in the United States to keep their U.S. buyers from paying the new import taxes. According to Trump, Chinese imports will see a 34% tax...
Fixing The Supply Chain Is A Wrenching Experience At GE Aerospace

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

A 3D model representing the standard shop floor concept was used at the June 2023 Kaizen workshop in Cincinnati to help visualize improvements during lean-out improvement efforts. GE Aerospace Chairman and CEO Larry Culp likes the problems he has these days. He is betting that his suppliers and investors will like the solutions, too. GE’s 2024 fourth-quarter and full-year financial results beat Wall Street’s expectations, and the year-old stand-alone company provided an...
MDA Buys Out Rest Of Satellite Chip Startup Satixfy

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

Many times over its troubled startup career, Israeli chip developer Satixfy has turned to Canadian space giant MDA Space to buy products and businesses, and now MDA is finishing the job with a $193 million buyout. The companies announced April 1 that MDA will buy Satixfy for $2.10 per Satixfy share...
Spire Global Notes Going Concerns, Auditor Doubts

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

Spire Global, a worldwide provider of space-based data and analytics, has continued its roller coaster of financial announcements. They include revealing that its auditor had not yet signed off on its review of 2024 results–despite suggesting it had in a regulatory filing–and that, in fact, the...
Daily Memo: Tariffs Are A New Crevice In The Growing Supply Chain Divide

4 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

Recently, Boeing CFO Brian West painted a sanguine picture about the effects of U.S. tariffs and other Trump administration policy effects. Nearly all the aluminum and steel that Boeing buys is U.S.-sourced, he told a Bank of America investor conference March 19, and together they account for 1-2%...
Boeing Boosted, Lockheed Bruised In F-47 NGAD Award Decision

1 month ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

While the industrial base ramifications of Boeing winning the F-47 Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) aircraft from the U.S. Air Force remain to be seen–due to several unanswered questions–the Arlington, Virginia-based company’s win is already boosting sentiment while its Bethesda, Maryland-rival...
Founder, Former Execs Of Satellite Startup Indicted For Fraud

1 month ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

Federal prosecutors have indicted the founder and four principals behind Theia Group, a startup based in Washington, D.C., that once sought to build a rival satellite constellation to systems such as SpaceX’s Starlink, and arrests have been made. The U.S. Justice Department is charging founder...
Lisi Ready To Backfill SPS Fastener Fire Loss, Analysts Say

1 month ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

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