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Singapore Air Show coverage begins Feb. 3 (local time)
Feb. 1, 2026, © Leeham News: The Singapore Air Show begins on Feb. 3 local time (Feb. 2 in the US and Europe). LNA’s sister publication, AIN, is on site and will be reporting from the show. LNA will pick up selected stories.
AIN’s coverage already is underway with some pre-show posts:
- A321XLR Drives Innovation at Airbus’ Hamburg Factory
- Embraer Prioritizes E2 Sales Boost Over New Airliner Plan
- Airbus and Boeing Face Varying Challenges in 2026
- ATR Chases Regional Airline Growth in Asia-Pacific
- China’s Low-altitude Economy Takes Off
- Airbus Dominates Single-aisle Sales as Boeing Wins with Widebodies
- AIN’s Singapore Air Show home page
AIN publishes a print edition “Air Show Daily” beginning on the first day. PDF versions will be available here. Past Air Show Dailies are currently available.
Here’s a very interesting AIN article from this morning:
“Saab to Fly First ‘Software-defined’ Fuselage”
“Later this year, Saab plans to fly a self-funded autonomous air vehicle that will be used as a testbed for some of its systems. More importantly, the vehicle will be the first aircraft to fly with a software-defined fuselage at the heart of its structure.
“Working with Divergent Technologies, Saab has developed an autonomous vehicle approximately 5 meters long that comprises 26 3D-printed parts made using laser powder-fusion additive technology. Divergent has already built and supplied the vehicle’s fuselage, and its load-bearing properties have been rigorously tested.
“Software-defined hardware manufacturing is what Saab sees as a logical next step in aircraft design and production, and it builds on its extensive work in software-defined avionics and model-based engineering. Much of this work found its first major expression in the Gripen E fighter, which was created using computer-aided design (CAD) and model-based engineering. The resulting digital twin enables manufacturing using 3D digital models rather than traditional 2D paper drawings.”
https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aerospace/2026-01-28/future-aircraft-production