Michael Bruno

Washington, D.C.

Executive Business Editor at Aviation Week

Host at Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast

Articles

Impulse Space Announces $300M Venture Capital Round For Growth

3 days ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

Spacecraft startup Impulse Space said it raised $300 million in a Series C funding round, asserting it was “one of the largest venture rounds in the history of the space industry.” The Redondo Beach, California, company said it will use the new funds to add staff in engineering, manufacturing and...
Daily Memo: Tariffs Are A Riptide, Not A Tsunami

4 days ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

It is tempting after the first-quarter earnings reports and recent investor conferences to conclude that the Trump administration’s tariffs and trade wars are quickly becoming just another cost of doing business—unhelpful and unwelcome, for sure, but manageable. After all, the aerospace...
Small Launch Startup iRocket Signs SPAC Deal With Wilbur Ross

5 days ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

Innovative Rocket Technologies, a seven-year-old startup that aims to be “the FedEx of space,” is looking to become publicly traded via a reverse merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) backed by Wilbur Ross, who was U.S. commerce secretary in the first Trump administration. The...
CAE Names Industry Veteran Bromberg As Next CEO

5 days ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

CAE on June 2 named industry veteran Matthew Bromberg as CEO and president effective Aug. 13, and the Canadian training and simulation leader will give executive authority to current chairman Calin Rovinescu. Bromberg, a U.S. Navy veteran, lately has been leading global operations at Northrop...
Podcast: Behind The Curtain With Boeing’s CEO

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Joe Anselmo |Sean Broderick |Michael Bruno |Jens Flottau

Editors share their impressions of an in-depth conversation with Kelly Ortberg after the Boeing CEO spoke exclusively with Aviation Week. Thank you to our sponsor GE Aerospace. Learn how the company and its partners are defining flight for today and the future hereDon't miss a single episode of the award-winning Check 6. Follow us in Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. Discover all of our podcasts at aviationweek.com/podcasts
Boeing To Avoid Criminality In U.S. Deal For 737 MAX Crashes, Door Plug

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

Family members of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-8 crash victims at Boeing President and CEO Kelly Ortberg's testimony before the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee April 02, 2025.
Daily Memo: The Price Of Aerospace Manufacturing Really Is Taking Off

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

Executives in commercial aerospace manufacturing live contradictory lives, constantly trying to fit the chaos of the future into the relative certainty of existing long-term agreements. New data shows that when it comes to the price of doing business, increased volatility will be about the only...
MDA Boosts SatixFy Takeover Bid 45% To $280M

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

Canadian space company MDA Space has agreed to boost the proposed deal value of its takeover of embattled Israeli chip developer SatixFy by 45%, to $280 million from $193 million, after the latter apparently found a rival suitor. MDA announced May 20 it would pay $3 a share for SatixFy if the latter...
Virgin Galactic Claims Delta Progress, Eyes Defense Work

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Michael Bruno

Virgin Galactic has stated that assembly of "Delta" space tourist ships will take place at a facility in Phoenix, Arizona. Virgin Galactic, which is in the middle of a long-term operational pause while it races to stand up a new fleet of revenue-generating launch vehicles, said its manufacturing team and suppliers are adapting to “bumps in the road,” including delayed wing assembly. But the space tourist upstart asserts...
Capella Space Acquired by IonQ in Quantum Computing Push

1 month 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...