By Wendell Minnick
TAIPEI — Asia's biggest commercial aerospace and defense air show, set to open Feb. 16 at Singapore's Changi Exhibition Centre, will feature air power displays from across Asia, North America and Europe.
Lockheed Martin will promote its F-35 stealth fighter and F-16 midlife upgrade (MLU) program. South Korea, Taiwan and, more recently, Singapore have awarded Lockheed MLU orders, which include Northrop Grumman's scalable agile beam radar (SABR). The SABR is an active electronically scanned array radar.
AgustaWestland-Finmeccanica will display its Project Zero tilt-rotor technology demonstrator. First unveiled at the 2013 Paris Air Show, the electric-powered aircraft can hover like a helicopter and convert to a fixed-wing aircraft for forward flight.
Defense News asked air show officials about potential competition from Seoul ADEX and Airshow China (Zhuhai), both rising stars in defense air shows in Asia.
Singapore Airshow officials insist their show continues to be Asia’s largest and one of the most important aerospace and defense exhibitions in the world.
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