Agreement Creates the World’s First Airport Testbed for Next-Gen Propulsion Tech Singapore is about to host one of the most extensively researched yet technically confusing sustainability programs to date, with Airbus, CFM International, and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) signing an agreement to turn the city-state into the world’s first airport testbed for next-generation propulsion technologies. The center of the effort is the RISE open-fan engine concept.