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.
South Korean program managers may have to trim a plan to modernize 134 F-16s, following U.S. Defense Department confirmation that the proposed work by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman would exceed Seoul’s budget.
Australia may increase its planned force of Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrollers under a policy set out in a defense white paper expected within weeks, local media say.
A leading Australian defense think tank is urging Canberra to question the viability of the surface warship before committing to continuous construction of naval vessels in the country.
