Photos 17 February 2016

Planemakers from Airbus to Boeing to Bombardier are seeking to convince buyers to purchase new aircraft as Southeast Asian airlines take a breather from the ordering spree seen at the Singapore Airshow in recent years. Plush business jets target billionaires, while fighter jets, attack helicopters and the latest weaponry are aimed at the military market.

Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg

An Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, operated by Qatar Airways, is seen through the heads-up display (HUD) in the cockpit of a Bombardier CS100.
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From Singapore to Hong Kong, Airbus has won orders for its A350 model and is keen to show customers what can be custom-fitted inside the plane.
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From gold faucets to hand-stitched leather, a private jet is a display of opulence and a statement that says "I have arrived". Business jet makers are seeing increased demand in Asia following a decade of wealth creation.
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Beechcraft King Air C90GTx aircraft, manufactured by Textron Aviation.
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The South Korean Air Force Black Eagles perform maneuvers in T-50 jets.
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The T-50 jets are developed by Korea Aerospace Industries, with technical support from Lockheed Martin.
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Attendees take photographs of an Airbus A350 performing maneuvers during a flying display.
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The A400M is in Singapore, with Airbus hoping to convince military buyers the plane's here to stay despite a fatal crash in Seville, Spain.
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The A400M fits in between Lockheed Martin Corp.’s aging C-130 Hercules model and the larger Boeing Co. C-17 Globemaster and satisfies an acute requirement that spans the airlift of military hardware through troop transport to disaster relief.
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The Elbit Systems Hermes 450 is an Israeli medium-size, multi-payload unmanned aerial vehicle. At any given time, numerous Hermes UAVs are airborne around the globe, according to the company.
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The mainstay of Singapore's Air Force is aging, but the city-state plans to modernize the Lockheed Martin jets, giving them new and advanced capabilities to keep them operationally relevant.
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