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.
Korea Aerospace Industries’ LCH-LAH civil and military helicopter is on track for prototype assembly in 2018 following conclusion of the KAI program’s critical design review.
The Japanese defense ministry is considering the acquisition of standoff air-to-surface missiles, a move that would radically change the country’s defense posture by introducing an ability to strike deep into enemy territory.
