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.
Japan has begun a program to choose a radar type for its two planned Aegis Ashore batteries, with U.S. government advice featuring prominently in the process.
South Korean moves to establish an army airborne division are raising the possibility of additional orders for such helicopters as Boeing AH-64 Apaches, CH-47 Chinooks and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) Surions.
Chinese space industry group Casc is upgrading its Long March 6 space launcher, adding provision for orbital telemetry and third-stage engine restarts, industry officials say.
