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.
Boeing and Korean Airlines are in contention for South Korea’s proposed KF-X fighter program, aiming to usurp Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and an indigenous stealth fighter design. Boeing is offering the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet for the program, industry officials say. The proposal must include substantial local manufacturing and upgrades, since South Korea’s major reason for developing the KF-X is to advance its industry.
BEIJING – The latest export development of Avic’s JL-9 supersonic trainer is due to fly in mid-2015, with the manufacturer moving into production of parts and assemblies for the first aircraft. This improved version, given the export designation FTC-2000G, has been approved for sale abroad, reports International Aviation, the Chinese partner magazine of Aviation Week.
