{
  "id": 13083289,
  "title": "ST Engineering opens tech-focused aircraft maintenance facility in Changi; to create over 500 jobs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/st-engineering-opens-tech-focused-aircraft-maintenance-facility-in",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-09T09:24:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
    "slug": "the-business-times-companies-markets",
    "url": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/st-engineering-opens-tech-focused-aircraft-maintenance-facility-changi-create-over-500-jobs"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "ST Engineering, a Singapore-listed company, recently inaugurated its new commercial airframe maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility at Changi Airport, marking a significant step in its growth strategy. The greenfield project is designed to meet increasing customer demand and integrate the latest technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and automation to enhance efficiency and outcomes. Expected to be fully operational by the end of 2027, this fourth MRO site in Singapore will boost the company's wide-body airframe MRO capacity by 40 per cent, creating over 500 jobs when it is fully operational.\n\nKevin Chow, president of commercial aerospace at ST Engineering, highlighted the strong customer demand, attributing it to customers' trust and preference for sending more aircraft to ST Engineering, especially wide-body aircraft. The facility will employ cutting-edge technologies to complement the efforts of engineers and technicians, freeing them for higher-value tasks and enhancing ST Engineering's competitiveness in the global aircraft MRO sector. The site spans 84,000 square meters and comprises four wide-body aircraft bays, with the first two bays already in operation since May, servicing aircraft from Japan Airlines, Singapore Airlines, and Air India.\n\nThe Changi Creek facility is a testament to Singapore's role as a hub for commercial aircraft MRO, accounting for 10 per cent of global MRO output. Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong emphasized the importance of leveraging technology to transform the industry during the opening ceremony, noting that ST Engineering's partnership with tech ecosystem partners like the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) aligns with the city-state's ambition to become an AI-empowered economy. The collaboration includes testing \"physical AI\" for complex and unstructured tasks in MRO operations and leveraging autonomous driving technology for aircraft part transportation.\n\nST Engineering's commitment to innovation is evident in the facility's design, which incorporates drones for aircraft inspection, autonomous driving for material transportation, and robots for part sorting and storage. These technologies, developed in collaboration with A*Star, are continuously tested and scaled for global implementation within one to two years. The new MRO facility represents ST Engineering's strategic investment in Singapore's aerospace sector, reinforcing the city-state's position as a key player in the global aircraft MRO industry.",
  "summary": "The greenfield project is to meet growing customer demand and is designed to integrate the latest in automation and AI",
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}