Singapore Component Solutions is the name of the new joint venture MRO between AFI KLM E&M and Sabena Technics.

Focus is on the GE90 that powers the Boeing 777-300ER and 777-200LR, and the GE9X selected for the 777X.

Russia’s United Engine Corporation hopes to supply its future PD-35 engine for the Russo-Chinese CR929 widebody airliner. The contract calls for the engine to meet both Russian and Chinese airworthiness and certification requirements.

The PD-14 turbofan engine secured its place under the wing of the Irkut MC-21 narrowbody airliner. Russia’s largest carrier, Aeroflot, plans to equip half of its future MC-21 fleet with the Russian powerplants.

Seyed Mohseni is at the Singapore Airshow to raise some of the GBP90 million (US$126 million) he estimates is necessary to fulfill his vision for a 10-seat, composite-structure, pressurized, VTOL, economic and environmentally friendly airplane.

Rockwell Collins is talking up Japan Airlines’ deployment of its ARINC AviNet Airport network solution at 51 of its domestic and international airport locations.

Lufthansa Technik and the U.S. component manufacturer Crane Aerospace & Electronics have teamed together for component supply for Asia-Pacific Europe, the Near and Middle East and Africa, and Europe.

Elbe Flugzeugwerke has secured a launch contract from Luxembourg-based Vallair Solutions Sàrl for its Airbus A321 P2F/passenger-to-freighter conversions.