Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.
Before joining Aviation Week in 2006 he was a macroeconomics, politics and aerospace journalist with Reuters. Perrett holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Macquarie University, Sydney. He left Aviation Week in 2020.
Japan’s expected order for the Lockheed Martin F-35 is likely to result in sales of more than just the 42 fighters that industry officials anticipate Tokyo will buy. South Korea closely watches Japanese defense procurements. A Japanese order for F-35s, especially if followed promptly by one from South Korea, would bolster early demand for the stealth fighter, potentially offsetting reductions in purchases by other customers, such as the U.S. and cash-strapped European countries.
BEIJING — The launch of a Japanese radar satellite is to be followed by a second in 2012-13, as the country builds up its space-based reconnaissance capability.
BEIJING—The frames of new hangars keep rising, and plenty more are on the drawing board as China's march into heavy airframe maintenance continues unabated.
