SINGAPORE - As the global aviation sector continues to take off, innovations that will be developed in Singapore aim to make the industry both more efficient and environmentally sustainable.
This is among 29 projects being developed as part of an $88 million second phase of a research partnership between the British engineering giant and the Nanyang Technological University , which was launched on Thursday . These include a virtual engine emulator, which employs artificial intelligence to reduce the design time for large engines and turbines.
Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, who attended Thursday's event, said that with air traffic volume expected to double to 8.2 billion passengers worldwide - half of them will be from the Asia-Pacific - in the next two decades, the challenge will be to accommodate this growth in an environmentally sustainable way.