Bamboo Airways has signed an agreement to purchase GEnx engines for its Boeing 787-9 aircraft order of 10 firm and 20 options valued at close to USD 2 billion list price with GE Aviation (an operating unit of General Electric Company) of the US. The GE agreement is...
The Indonesian government has revealed a 2022 defense budget of IDR 134.1 trillion (USD 9.3 billion). According to the Ministry of Finance, the number reflects a 12% increase compared with the allocation of IDR 120.1 trillion (USD 8.3 billion) for the 2021 budget. The...
Malaysia Airlines (MAS), the country’s flagship carrier will be implementing GE Digital’s Fuel Insight and FlightPulse aviation software to overhaul and modernize its fuel-efficiency system. The engagement is in line with MAS’s long-term initiatives to meet its...
The Provincial Government of Cavite (PGC) has set September 20, 2021, as the deadline for the submission of bid proposals for the development of Sangley Point International Airport (SPIA), located in Manila Bay and approximately 13 km southwest of the capital. In...
The Singapore government and relevant industry players recently undertook a study to determine the feasibility of integrating sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) with conventional jet fuel for use at Changi Airport. The study, which also identified viable...
In August 2021, South Korea´s leading aerospace manufacturer Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) announced that it had signed a USD 78 million agreement with Thailand for the provision of two T-50TH advanced training jets and related support. The delivery of the aircraft...
Boeing has opened its first office in Hanoi, along with another in Jakarta, in Indonesia. In parallel, Boeing announced the appointment of a new president of the company’s Southeast Asia business, demonstrating its sustained commitment to the region. The presence in...
Vietnam’s national carrier Vietnam Airlines has awarded to StandardAero a new multiple-year Aviation Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) contract for the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127M engines that power regional turboprops of ATR 72-500...
Thai space technology company mu Space has opened the first dedicated aerospace manufacturing facility in Southeast Asia. Measuring more than 2,200 square meters, the factory represents mu Space´s second and largest factory in Thailand. It has been built to develop,...
The Indonesian government aspires to establish a new holding firm, which will combine the capabilities of the country’s state-owed defense industrial base, by the fourth quarter of 2021. The holding company effort is being led by the Indonesian Ministry of State...
On July 30, 2021, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte restored the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States, a 1998 critical security pact that lays out the terms and conditions on the entry and visit of US military troops for military exercises and...
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will incorporate advanced fourth industrial revolution technologies to enable more effective and faster operations. Advancements include those in robotics, data analytics (DA) and artificial intelligence (AI). These...
