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.
Australia will sell up to 46 Boeing F/A-18A/B Hornet fighters to red-air operator Air USA for U.S. Air Force training, Defense Industry Minister Melissa Price said, although only 38 aircraft appear to be available for the deal.
Japan has decided to work mainly with U.S. partners in developing its Next Generation Fighter, with only limited technical cooperation with Britain, the other contender, the Nikkei newspaper said.
