Singapore Airshow

Indonesia hopes to show that unsophisticated airplanes can sell, too. Prototype 19-seater will fly soon.

Piper Aircraft announced Tuesday that its Singapore-based regional dealer, Wings Over Asia, recently negotiated a significant sale to an Indonesian airline training school.

Russian Air Force Yak-152s will have a German powerplant. Prototype’s first flight is expected shortly.

A major completions and refurbishment center for large VIP aircraft will be set up in Singapore by ST Aerospace.

Bell's medium sized twin-engine 429 is proves as easy to fly in as it is to look at.

Dassault Falcon is emphasizing its new flagship, the ultra-long-range Falcon 8X. The new trijet isn’t here, but its predecessor 7X is, as is the Falcon 2000LXS twin, which is finding increasing success in the region for special missions.

The restructuring of one of the world’s leading maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) organizations, Ameco Beijing, will increase its competitiveness at home and overseas, and bring new capabilities to its customers.

“China is a big country and other countries are small countries, and that’s just a fact,” Beijing’s then foreign minister, Yang Jiechi, impatiently told Southeast Asian leaders looking for U.S. support in the South China Sea in 2010. The message was clear enough: they should do as they were told.

Embraer Commercial Aviation predicted at the Singapore Airshow this week that Asia Pacific carriers, including Chinese airlines, will take delivery of 1,570 new jets in the 70-to-130-seat range over the next 20 years representing 25% of the worldwide demand for the segment.

Skylark 3, a new member of Elbit Systems’ autonomous mini-unmanned aircraft system (UAS) family, is making its debut at the Singapore Airshow.

Birds pose a known flight safety hazard that is rarely addressed by flight operations due to the lack of real-time data on bird activity.

Since its establishment in 1988, Roketsan has improved its infrastructure and extended its product range.

ST Aero has boosted its capabilities in passenger-to-cargo jet conversions – and its role as a supplier of composite panels to Airbus.

On the sidelines of this week's air show, Aviation Week editors discuss whether Airbus really has the edge over Boeing it claims, and what defense hardware is in high demand in the Asia Pacific region.

French avionics company Thales has scored a major victory at Singapore Airlines, ousting its traditional supplier to equip the carrier’s future fleet of Airbus A350 XWB aircraft with in-flight entertainment and Ka-band connectivity.

"New Ameco" – still known to the trade as Ameco Beijing – was created last year by merging Air China’s in-house MRO arm Air China Technics into the former Ameco Beijing

Contracts announced on Feb. 2 cover the purchase of 38 new training aircraft.

Carbon-fiber floats and other specific modifications will optimize the aircraft for water operations.

The Malaysian government has selected MD Helicopter’s new MD530G as the country’s attack helicopter

The Next Generation Harpy NG uses a new platform based on the Harop suicide drone.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is unveiling at the Singapore Airshow a Mission Operational and Intelligence Center (MOIC) for unmanned aerial systems (UAS).

CFM International president Jean-Paul Ebanga has three reasons to be cheerful as the joint venture enters the second month of what promises to be another record-breaking year for engine production and deliveries.

Growing airline fleets in Asia Pacific are prompting UTC Aerospace Systems to expand its already extensive presence in the region to keep up with customer demand to support their aircraft.

Super Tucano is not the half of what Embraer Defense & Security is offering the region’s air forces.

Associated Air Center has re-delivered the industry’s first Boeing 787-8 outfitted for a head of state.