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.
A Japanese requirement to replace Bell AH-1S attack helos shaping up as an opportunity for the country to enter an international joint development program.
Japan's proposed military budget seeks money for land-based batteries, interceptors, an upgrade for an Aegis destroyer and air-to-surface weapons for knocking out threats before launch.
Composites specialist Nikkiso Co., maker of much of the world’s thrust-reverser cascades, is expanding in preparation for more work on other aircraft parts.
