A*STAR and Airbus to collaborate on aviation research
The all-new Airbus A350XWB flew in the Singapore Airshow flight display. (Photo: Mark Wagner)
The all-new Airbus A350XWB flew in the Singapore Airshow flight display. (Photo: Mark Wagner)

Airbus has become the newest member of the Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and research (A*STAR) aerospace program, it was announced at the Aerospace Technology Leadership Forum in downtown Singapore on Monday. Airbus joins various other OEMs as members–such as Boeing, Embraer and Bombardier, GE, P&W, Rolls-Royce, Safran and Honeywell–and major aviation Singapore companies-such as ST Aerospace and SIA Engineering.