Boustead Projects – a leading specialist in industrial real estate solutions – has been awarded a S$23 million contract to design and build a maintenance, repair and overhaul the hangar facility for Bell Helicopter Asia located at the world-class Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore.

As the largest division of global Fortune 500 corporation Textron Inc, Bell Helicopter is a global industry leader in vertical lift aircraft. Bell Helicopter prides itself in having delivered more than 35,000 aircraft to its customers around the world, and manufactures military and commercial helicopters and tilt rotor aircraft. Since 1935, its range of military and commercial aircraft have been used across corporations, emergency medical services, the oil & gas industries, special mission operators and fire departments.

Headquartered in Texas, Bell Helicopter maintains key logistics supply and service centres in Canada, Europe, Singapore and the United States. With a gross floor area of approximately 15,000 square metres spread across two floors, the MRO Facility will be used to undertake the maintenance, repair and servicing of helicopters and aircraft. Completion is expected in 2Q 2012.

This is the fourth aviation facility secured by Boustead Projects at the 300-hectare SAP, a leading edge, world-class integrated aerospace hub, which is currently home to more than 20 global aerospace corporations. Boustead projects is nearing the full completion of two state-of-the-art facilities for Rolls-Royce Singapore at the SAP: a 28,000 square metre advanced integrated manufacturing and support facility, and a 7,900 square metre integrated test bed facility. With the expansion of the global aviation industry, demand for aviation support services has been rapidly growing in Asia. Bell Helicopter’s MRO hangar facility will support Singapore’s strategy of developing in-depth aerospace repair capabilities and develop Singapore as a regional hub in the Asia Pacific region for knowledge and innovation activities.

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