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.
The new-generation fighter that China will field in 2017-2019 will be an improved J-10, the Chinese air force says, seemingly ruling out a genuine competitor to the Lockheed Martin F-22 and F-35. The clarification, citing an unnamed official, has appeared in a report published in English by the country’s most prestigious newspaper, the People’s Daily—which means that it is an announcement and that China wants foreigners to notice it.
BEIJING Chinese fighter builder Avic Defense aims to build a large business jet as part of its strategy of exploiting military technology for its civilian sidelines. Avic Defense also will build up an aircraft maintenance operation catering for airline customers, company president Wang Yawei tells Aviation Week.
Chinese fighter builder Avic Defense aims to build a large business jet as part of its strategy of exploiting military technology for its civilian sidelines. Avic Defense also will build up an aircraft maintenance operation catering for airline customers, President Wang Yawei told The DAILY. The efforts purposefully imitate France’s Dassault Aviation.
