Readers discuss pilots' attentiveness to NOTAMS; under-appreciation of apprenticeships; look back- and forward at hypersonic programs; looming pilot shortage.
The Long March 8 was originally supposed to be a cheap expendable launcher. Somewhere in the Chinese space launch sector, that was not considered good enough.
KC-390 nears operational capability; Indian Navy chooses Barak 8; Israel nears heavy helo decision; Indonesia wants a break on KF-X, and Raytheon’s Amraam boost.
Airbus appeared to be slowly overcoming its production issues but has found itself in the middle of another small crisis—introducing new A321neo versions.
Yearly, China introduces systems to find, track and attack U.S. targets beyond the first chain of islands to its east; and yearly, the deployed numbers rise.
