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.
CHINA COMAC produces the ARJ21 regional jet and is developing a mainline jetliner described as having 130-170 seats. It also builds parts for Boeing 737s and EADS ATR 72s. It encompasses the Avic company formerly responsible for the AJR21 (ACAC) and the project’s final assembly plant (Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Factory).
Graham Warwick (Washington), Bradley Perrett (Beijing), Alexander Velovich (Forecast International)
Ahead of a recovery in the civil market and anticipating a downturn in defense, U.S. primes continue to adjust their businesses, looking for cost reductions and growth opportunities. Several defense programs were terminated in 2009 and more are under threat this year. Lockheed Martin, the largest U.S. defense contractor, was hit by decisions to end F-22 production and cancel the VH-71A presidential helicopter and TSAT communications satellite. The company is cutting jobs and combining units in its electronic systems business.
Stepping up its push to become a leading player in global aerospace, South Korea proposes to build a 90-seat turboprop under an industry development plan that also seeks to press ahead with the KF-X fighter and KAH attack helicopter programs.
