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.
BEIJING — China’s Tiangong 1 orbital module and Shenzhou 8 spacecraft have entered the prelaunch preparation phase ahead of their mission to demonstrate docking technology needed for future manned flights. The two are to be lofted separately in the second half of this year, according to a schedule announced in March.
BEIJING — The South Korean air force plans to choose next year among the Boeing F-15SE Silent Eagle, Eurofighter Typhoon and Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning for its F-X Phase 3 program, subject to funding from parliament.
BOC Aviation will support the Comac C919 airliner as part of an agreement between the manufacturer and the lessor’s owner, Bank of China, aimed partly at getting the aircraft into service with foreign airlines.
