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.
BAE expects to expand its operation at RAAF Williamtown, Newcastle, for maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrades of F-35 airframes. "Depending on the customer’s requirements, new infrastructure may be required at our facility in Williamtown," a BAE spokeswoman says.