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 competition to build South Korea’s proposed KF-X indigenous fighter will probably come down to price, putting Korean Airlines at an advantage, according to a government official.
The left and right wing boxes have been joined to the center wing box of the second aircraft, which also has its landing gear fitted, says Mitsubishi Aircraft.
Alternative concept designs are under study, a UAC official says. According to Denis Manturov, the Russian industry and trade minister, this phase will be completed within 18 months.
