Michael Bruno

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

U.S. antitrust officials cleared France’s Safran and its U.S. subsidiary to go ahead with a proposed $1.8 billion acquisition of Collins Aerospace’s actuation and flight control business from RTX as long as they divest its North American actuation business and related assets to Woodward. The U.S...

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

There are many great scenes in playwright Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot,” but among the most memorable is a repeated exchange between the fictional characters Estragon and Vladimir that summarizes not just the 1953 masterpiece, but also human existential anxiety and, perhaps, this year’s Paris...

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

Multi-industrial provider Eaton, a key middle-market provider of aerospace parts to airframers, announced June 16 that it will buy Ultra PCS, the precision control systems of former storied Ultra Electronics, for $1.55 billion. Based in Cheltenham, UK, Ultra PCS makes electronic controls, sensing...

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

Pratt’s plan to fix the geared turbofan’s powder metal issues includes pushing out the Advantage variant both in whole and in parts. Engine-maker Pratt & Whitney is on track with its original September 2023 operational and financial plans to address geared turbofan powder metal issues, President Shane Eddy told Aviation Week, and the number of related aircraft on the ground should start decreasing. “We’re driving forward,” Eddy...

1 week ago | medrxiv.org | Michael Bernstein |Brian Sheppard |Michael Bruno |Grayson L. Baird

The authors have declared no competing interest. This study did not receive external funding. I confirm all relevant ethical guidelines have been followed, and any necessary IRB and/or ethics committee approvals have been obtained. YesThe details of the IRB/oversight body that provided approval or exemption for the research described are given below:Ethics committee/IRB of Brown University Health waived ethical approval for this work.