Bradley Perrett

Asia-Pacific Bureau Chief

Summary

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.

Articles

By Bradley Perrett
Australia should intensify its relationship with the U.S. by offering greater military support to Washington, including more access to its territory, according to a think tank analysis.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
The first Mitsubishi Aircraft MRJ will fly in the second half of October, the company says, refining but not shifting a target set in April. As expected, the MRJ90 92-seat flight-test aircraft will fly from Nagoya Airport. That is where the company is setting up a final assembly factory, and the current Komaki South plant is already working on the program.

By Bradley Perrett
Shipbuilder Japan Marine United has floated Japan’s fourth helicopter carrier out of the construction dock, with entry into service due in 2017.