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.
MELBOURNE, Australia — BAE Systems Australia says it is nearing completion of an autonomous navigation, guidance and control package that would allow precise localization of an unmanned aircraft without emissions, satellite signals or even preparatory mapping. The system also is intended to flexibly and autonomously guide the aircraft through its mission rather than forcing it to follow a line of waypoints, to reorder mission priorities as opportunities arise and to land the aircraft without external help.
Kazakh carrier Air Astana will continue to grow 10-15% in the near future, taking up options on eight Boeing 787s and also acquiring more Embraer 190s, says President Peter Foster. Air Astana will seek to join an airline alliance in two to three years, probably Star Alliance or SkyTeam, Foster adds.
