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 companies could bid for work on the Lockheed Martin F-35 if the country orders the stealth fighter, even though suppliers for the airframe were chosen years ago, the U.S. manufacturer says. As production builds up turning out one fighter a day, second-source suppliers will be needed for parts that Lockheed Martin itself is responsible for supplying, says Steve O’Bryan, vice president for F-35 business development.
BEIJING — Avic General Aircraft is studying development of a multipurpose propeller aircraft in the 30-seat class, which it would build in partnership with the Guizhou provincial government. The latest in an ever-growing wave of new Chinese aircraft projects, the 30-seater would have civil and military applications, says the company’s parent, national aeronautics conglomerate Avic. The project has not yet been launched, but a committee of experts reviewed and passed a report on it last week.
Avic General Aircraft is studying development of a multi-purpose propeller aircraft in the 30-seat class, which it would build in partnership with the Guizhou provincial government. The latest in an ever-growing wave of new Chinese aircraft projects, the 30-seater would have civil and military applications, said the company’s parent, national aeronautics conglomerate Avic. The project has not yet been launched, but a committee of experts reviewed and passed a report on the project last week.
