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.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will increase its stake in Mitsubishi Aircraft to 86.7% from 64% with a capital injection that will pay for delays in development of the MRJ regional jet, the company announced Oct. 31.
China has attempted to steal technology relating to the CFM Leap-1 turbofan engine to support development of its rival CJ-1000, according to a U.S. Justice Department statement.
Leonardo technology and Chinese money are being joined to create a plant in China to manufacture composite parts for the Sino-Russian Craic CR929 widebody airliner.
