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.
Networking with the rest of the Australian Defense Force will be a crucial requirement for aircraft that replace the country’s 22 Airbus Tiger attack helicopters.
Chinese freight carrier YTO Express Airlines and the government of Shaanxi province have agreed to set up an international cargo airline in the northwestern Chinese province.
Announcement of the new bomber development is a further sign that China is seeking to project force beyond ranges necessary for immediate national defense.
