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 Philippines has ordered four Mitsubishi Electric ground-based radars, boosting its air surveillance capability while handing Japan its first export order for complete military systems since a ban on sales abroad was lifted.
A new cargo airline to be based in Xian, China has completed preparations for operations and has applied for an air operator certificate (AOC), the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said.
South Korea has reportedly expanded its requirement for additional Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightnings to 40 aircraft from 20, as the defense ministry refines plans for a ship to carry some of them.
