Singapore Technologies Engineering's aerospace arm, Singapore Technologies Aerospace, has signed new contracts worth about $430 million in the second quarter.

The contracts are for airframe, component and engine maintenance, as well as VIP interior modifications.

The total contract value includes the exclusive component maintenance-by-the-hour contract worth $32.3 million awarded by Spring Airlines Japan, as well as the five-year multi-crew pilot licence training contract from Qatar Airways.

In the VIP cabin reconfiguration business, ST Aerospace clinched three deals involving Boeing Business Jets; a cabin design contract in Eastern Europe, a 12-year maintenance check and interior refurbishment project on a Boeing 737 belonging to a Middle Eastern customer, as well as a maintenance and interior modification contract awarded by a US customer.