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 Korea’s defense technology agency has unveiled a small demonstrator for a stealthy, tailless unmanned combat aircraft, part of a program that is probably focused initially on overcoming challenges in flight control.
China’s government has signed a preliminary agreement to buy an unexpectedly large quantity of Airbus A320-family aircraft, while also confirming an order for 30 A330s.
South Korea’s KF-X fighter program survived encounters with the national executive and legislature this week, but remains more politically controversial than ever.
