The CAE Brunei multi-purpose training center will be cheaper and nearer to other Asia-Pacific operators of the Black Hawks, providing an immersive training experience for a full range of pilot training requirements.

Singapore continues to do well attracting investment from the global aerospace industry, and many of the new investments coming in are in partnership with Singapore government-linked companies, such as SIA Engineering.

Singapore is upgrading its Boeing AH-64D Apache attack helicopters with new mission systems, apparently as a midlife update for the type.

Singapore has declared its IAI/Israel Aerospace Industries Heron unmanned aircraft fully operational, five years after the delivery of the system.

Even though GDP growth is expected to remain flat in 2018, the military will need more money to meet Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping’s desire to create a “modernized” military by 2035 and a “world-class” force by 2050.

Thales is keen to emphasize the importance of integrating cybersecurity thinking across all parts of the aviation ecosystem - civil and military, in the air or on the ground.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is bullish on future prospects for the Asia-Pacific region.

ST Engineering and its Aerospace subsidiary are flying the banner for farsighted innovation at the Singapore Airshow.