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.
An Australian parliamentary committee has called for preparation in case of further delay in the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning program, increasing the possibility of the country ordering more Boeing Super Hornets.