An Aviation Week/Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey of airlines reveals how technologically challenging it would be for a manufacturer to launch a middle-market aircraft.

Suppliers increasingly distinguish themselves with investments in additive manufacturing.

Beijing, Moscow plan a joint company to develop their proposed airliner.

Two new narrowbody competitors to Airbus and Boeing are at this year’s Farnborough Airshow. Bombardier has been showing off the C Series with media and VIP flights on the eve of the show, while Embraer’s E2 is making its international debut just six weeks after first flight.

The Aviation Week and Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey on middle-market aircraft strongly supports Boeing’s own assessments, says the company’s commercial president, Ray Conner.

An Aviation Week/Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey of airlines reveals how technologically challenging it would be for a manufacturer to launch a middle-market aircraft.

Rolls-Royce has a lot riding on key first flights of its XWB-87 engine on the A350-1000 and its Trent 1000 TEN on the 787.

Airbus flies electric ECS; Safran’s high power-density diesel; can digital chemistry grow UAVs?; IAI’s Bigger Role in Clean Sky 2; ultracapacitor energy storage for cargo airship.