As with all aspects of Singapore Airshow 2020, the USA Partnership Pavilion has been affected by concerns over the novel coronavirus outbreak.

For small companies at big shows, the investment in time, money and resources only makes sense if it helps generate new business.

It is tempting sometimes to view the expansion of a range of products as somehow inevitable. If one system or capability works well and proves popular with customers, it often appears to naturally follow that a bigger and better version will be coming off the production line in short order. But innovation does not occur in a vacuum.