ST Engineering to convert world’s first 757 firefighting tanker

ST Engineering is to create the world’s first Boeing 757 firefighting aircraft through the conversion of a passenger jet, with service entry expected within two years.

US company Galactic Holdings, which is contracted by the US Forest Service to fight fires, will buy the plane and let ST Engineering undertake the full scope of the project, from design and engineering to certification and conversion, said ST Engineering during a signing ceremony at the Singapore Airshow.