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 third flight test aircraft in the Comac C919 program will fly this year, with the final three joining the development effort in 2019, the state manufacturer said.
Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera has denied that the country has ruled out developing an indigenous fighter, even as a second local newspaper casts doubt on the plan.
