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.
The prospects of Indonesia extending its participation in South Korea’s KF-X fighter program have risen, with the defense ministry in Seoul saying negotiations for a further partnership are underway.
Bombardier’s sales pitch to Airbus for the C Series has failed. While Airbus complimented the aircraft, it was not attractive enough for Airbus to invest in the struggling program.
