新加坡：ST Engineering于周五（10月9日）正式在新加坡开设了其第四家飞机维修设施。该设施将使用无人机和自主移动机器人，全面投入运营后预计将雇用500多名员工。
SINGAPORE: ST Engineering officially opened its fourth aircraft maintenance facility in Singapore on Friday (Oct 9), a site that will use drones and autonomous mobile robots and employ over 500 people when fully operational. Most of the jobs will be newly created, including licensed aircraft engineers, planning and production control specialists, mechanics, and warehouse and logistics personnel.
大部分新增岗位包括持证飞机工程师、计划与生产控制专家、机械师以及仓库和物流人员。
The S$170 million (US$133 million) Changi Creek facility began operations in May and will ramp up over the coming year.
这座耗资1.7亿新加坡元（约合1.33亿美元）的维修设施于5月开始运营，并将在未来一年内逐步扩大规模。它将成为ST Engineering在新加坡规模第二大的航空航天维修基地，拥有4个用于维修宽体飞机的机库，占地面积达84,000平方米。
It will be ST Engineering’s second-largest aerospace facility in Singapore, with four widebody aircraft bays at the 84,000 sq m site. The facility adds 40 per cent capacity to the company’s widebody airframe maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) network in Singapore, potentially allowing 100 more widebody aircraft to be serviced each year.
该设施使ST Engineering在新加坡的宽体飞机维修、修理及大修（MRO）服务能力提升了40%，每年可额外为100架宽体飞机提供维修服务。
ST Engineering said this gives customers greater flexibility and assured access to maintenance slots as airline fleets expand and aircraft stay in service longer.
ST Engineering商业航空航天部门总裁Kevin Chow表示，这一举措体现了公司对新加坡作为航空枢纽地位的信心。他强调：“我们正在为未来投资，并通过新加坡服务于市场的发展。这不仅仅是一个普通的机库——这里运用了先进的技术。”
President of commercial aerospace Kevin Chow said the facility reflects the company's confidence in Singapore as an air hub. “We're investing in the future and we are serving the growth of the market through Singapore. This is not just another hangar,” he said, pointing to the technology-enabled operations.
全球范围内，飞机维修市场的需求每年增长1%至2%，但ST Engineering的增速远高于这一水平。
Globally, airframe MRO demand is growing 1 to 2 per cent a year, but ST Engineering is seeing “multiples of that”, he said.
2026年10月9日，在ST Engineering最新的飞机维修设施中，人工智能驱动的人形机器人被用于物品的搬运工作；同日，配备摄像头的自动化机械臂也被用于检查飞机部件。
AI powered humanoid robot used to move items for delivery at ST Engineering’s newest airframe MRO facility on Oct 9, 2026. ST Engineering's AI-VET, an automated robotic arm equipped with a camera, inspecting aircraft components on Oct 9, 2026.
该设施同时也是新技术的试验平台，公司计划长期将生产效率提高25%。
DIGITAL SOLUTIONS The facility is a testbed for new technologies, with the company aiming to raise productivity by 25 per cent in the long term.
新科工程表示，无人机将以更高的速度和精度对飞机顶部进行目视检查。这就不需要技术人员再通过脚手架或升降机到达飞机顶部，这种方式对员工来说更危险，并且有损坏飞机的风险。人工智能模型有助于识别腐蚀、漆面缺陷和表面凹陷。
Drones will carry out visual inspections of the top of aircraft with greater speed and precision, said ST Engineering. This removes the need for technicians to reach the top of an aircraft by scaffolding or lifts, which is more dangerous for staff and risks damaging the aircraft. Artificial intelligence models help to identify corrosion, paint defects and surface dents.
机械臂上安装的摄像头也用于检查起落架，将检查时间缩短了多达83%。
A camera mounted on a robotic arm is also used to inspect landing gear, reducing inspection time by up to 83 per cent.
航空公司可以订购由新科工程设计和开发的3D打印飞机零部件，这缩短了等待时间，提高了运营效率。
Airlines can order 3D-printed aircraft parts designed and developed by ST Engineering, which cuts wait times and improves operational efficiency.
“我们的一些客户告诉我们，当他们想从原始设备制造商那里订购零部件时，交货时间、等待时间都太长了，”周先生说道。
“Some of our customers tell us when they want to order parts from the original equipment manufacturer, the lead time, the wait time, is just too long,” said Mr Chow.
他说，客户需要在10天内让飞机出厂，因此3D打印零部件有助于填补这一缺口。
Customers need the aircraft out the door in 10 days, so 3D-printed parts can help to fill a gap, he said.
2026年10月9日，在新科工程位于樟宜溪道的最新机身维修设施内，3D打印的飞机部件与原始部件（右上）一同展示。
3D-printed aircraft components displayed alongside an original component (top right) at ST Engineering’s newest airframe MRO facility along Changi Creek Way on Oct 9, 2026.
为了跟踪维修工作的进度，该公司使用人工智能驱动的监控平台已有大约六个月。此前，团队依赖纸笔记录，数据汇总之前情况可能已经发生变化。
To track the progress of maintenance work, the company has been using an AI-powered monitoring platform for about six months. Previously, teams relied on pen and paper, and the situation could change before the data was compiled.
该设施还将实现飞机零部件、工具和材料从仓库到机库地面的自动化运输。
The facility will also automate the movement of aircraft parts, tools and materials from storage to the hangar floor.
人形机器人将取回每个维修项目所需的物品，并将其转移给自主移动机器人进行配送，而较大的自主引导车辆则可以在机库内移动重达500公斤的重型物品。
Humanoid robots will retrieve the items needed for each maintenance project and transfer them to autonomous mobile robots for delivery, while larger autonomous guided vehicles can move heavier items of up to 500kg around the hangar.
由于减少了对工人手动搬运这些物品的需求，这些系统预计每年可节省约7800个工时。
By reducing the need for workers to manually handle these items, the systems are expected to free up about 7,800 manhours per year.
新科工程希望在新技术解决方案经过试验后，将其推广到包括海外设施在内的其他设施。
ST Engineering hopes to scale the new technology solutions to other facilities, including those overseas, after they have been trialed.
“一旦某项技术在这里经过测试并得到验证，我们就能在一到两年内将其推广至全球业务，”周先生说道。
“Once something has been tested and proven here, we can scale to our global operations in one to two years,” said Mr Chow.