Singapore Airshow

Gulfstream has brought its entire business jet fleet to the Singapore Airshow, including the extended-range G650ER version of its new flagship.

Embraer believes Asian low-cost airlines would be well-advised to change their business model to eliminate the high number of route changes by introducing smaller aircraft.

One month into his new role as president of Pratt & Whitney, Bob Leduc is determined to “set the record straight” with airlines over plans to improve start times on the company’s PW1100G flagship geared turbofan on the Airbus A320neo.

Never before have so many companies participated in the French Pavilion at an air show outside France,” says the Paris-based aerospace association GIFAS. “This year, France is the feature country.”

Last year was a challenging one for global defense and security.

Singapore Airshow organizers have decided to put an emphasis on new technologies at this year’s event.

Addressing the growing cyber risks to civil aviation, IAI is developing a cyber protection suite for commercial airlines and their fleets, which will be able to protect passenger aircraft from such threats.

Addressing the growing cyber risks to civil aviation, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is developing a cyber protection suite for commercial airlines and their fleets, which will be able to protect passenger aircraft from such threats.

Elbit Systems is unveiling its latest unmanned system at the Singapore Airshow: the Seagull – an autonomous, modular multi-mission unmanned surface vessel (USV).

Singapore has successfully positioned itself as a center for business aviation in the region, despite the fact that land is scarce in the city-state.

Since Jet Aviation’s mega-expansion at Singapore’s Seletar Aerospace Park two years ago, this specialist, multi-layered, business aviation service company has seen growth in all its areas of expertise.

The investment Hawker Pacific made in its business aviation FBO/MRO facility at Seletar Aerospace Park four years ago is now paying huge dividends. “

Singapore is committed to procuring F-35 fighters, but despite a long and deep involvement in the multinational program, it has yet to confirm an order.

Since the last edition of the Singapore Airshow, there is arguably no nation in the region whose defense industry has seen as much significant change as Japan.

Singapore Airlines is in the final phases of acceptance testing for its first Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84-powered Airbus A350-900, the delivery of which will make the Asian carrier the fifth operator of the new Airbus twin.

With troops deployed in the fight against Daesh in Iraq and Syria, the JSF program ramping up, and a heavy involvement in the two-year search for missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH 370, Australia’s defense priorities appear self-evident.

Compared to many other nations in the region, Malaysia has a relationship to China that seems positively laid-back.

A raft of approvals were announced in December to export U.S.-made defense products to Taiwan, while China’s sovereignty claims were highlighted in an unusual setting. Earlier this month, an iconic American figure catalyzed disagreements on social media, giving Taiwan’s status new prominence.

With record arms exports in 2015, things are looking up for France’s beleaguered defense sector.

Pratt & Whitney is poised for its busiest year of certification and production build-up across the company’s geared turbofan product line since the program’s launch in 2008.

ST Aero’s aircraft seats are made of a lightweight aluminum alloy structure and are offered with a choice of fabric or leather seat covers.

The Asia-Pacific region is one of the fastest-growing markets for aviation.

Organizers of Singapore Airshow 2016 trumpeted the increasing importance of their event and the city-state that hosts it as a powerful player on the world aerospace stage.

At China’s biggest military parade of recent times last Sept. 3, marking the end of World War II, Chinese President and PLA leader Xi Jinping announced that the PLA will shed 300,000 troops, signaling the start of a long-awaited structural reform of the world’s largest armed force.

The first E-Jet E2 to be presented to the public will be the up-to-106-passenger E190-E2, which has its first flight scheduled for the second half of 2016 and entry into service in 2018.