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.
Demand for Airbus helicopters in China will overtake that of the U.S. within four years, probably in 2015, according to the manufacturer, which is considering establishing some kind of industrial presence in the country.
Avic is planning an unusually high service ceiling of 5,700 meters (18,700 ft.) for the Advanced Heavy Lifter (AHL) helicopter proposed for joint development with Russian Helicopters.
