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'Propel' Highlights Singapore’s Thriving Aerospace Ecosystem

Commemorative book explains the history of Singapore’s aerospace industry

Propel launch — At the Propel launch. (From left) Mr Patrick Curtin (The Boeing Company), Mr Oliver Chamberlain (Rolls-Royce Singapore), Ms Marie-Agnes Veve (Airbus Singapore), Mr Iain Rodger (GE Aerospace), Mr Foo Kean Shuh (SIA Engineering Company), Mr Wong Yue Jeen (AAIS), Mr Alvin Tan (Minister of State for Trade & Industry and Culture, Community & Youth), Ms Glory Wee (Singapore Economic Development Board), Mr Shangari Meleschi (Pratt & Whitney), Ms Emily Tan (Thales Singapore), Mr Michael Oxborrow (ACP Metal Finishing) and Mr Cheam Hing Gee (Collins Aerospace).

By Chris Pocock • Defense Correspondent

February 21, 2024

The Association of Aerospace Industries Singapore (AAIS) has produced a well-illustrated booklet titled Propel to tell the remarkable story of the growth of Singapore’s aerospace industry. From small beginnings in the early 1970s, it has grown into a $9 billion business.

AAIS counts 190 members ranging from OEMs such as Airbus, Boeing, Collins, Rolls-Royce, and Thales, to a host of locally-owned small and medium enterprises (SMEs), many of whom will appear at the Singapore Airshow in the Singapore Pavilion, which AAIS organized.

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