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Chinese commercial aircraft manufacturer Comac has displayed a model of a 19-seat all-electric regional aircraft, the CE-25A.

China’s Comac has unveiled concepts for stretched and shortened variants of its C919 narrowbody aircraft.

How Gameco is expanding its MRO offerings, including airframe maintenance, conversions and components.

The update is the most significant Comac has provided on the C929 since Russia dropped out of what was previously a bilateral program.

All good things come to an end, including the Western aerospace and defense sector’s high hopes for China. Exclusive survey results show a pivot.

China Eastern announced the C919 order almost a year to the day since the Comac narrowbody received its type certification.

China is learning the science of airliners, but politics remains an issue, experts say.

After a pre-pandemic boom, Chinese lessors have sharply curtailed their business expansion.

Gallop Air Chairman Yang Qiang has signed a letter of intent with Comac to buy 15 ARJ21s and 15 C919s.

As Russia pulls out of the CR929 and Airbus and Boeing sit on their hands, JetZero is showing that its radical new concept just might be for real.

Comac/CATL electric aircraft venture; high-power silicon battery; JetBlue and carbon capture; and fly/drive evTOL hovers.

A yawning gap stands between the ambitions of Chinese aircraft manufacturer Comac and its capabilities.

Comac Times (Shanghai) Aviation has been set up to supply aerospace components and batteries as China looks to develop electrically powered aircraft.

The interdependence of China’s aviation sector with global suppliers means that they are likely stuck with each other, for better or worse.

A graphic at Comac's stand at the Paris Air Show showed no sign of UAC participation in the project any more, but Russia remains part of the program for now.

CEO Dave Calhoun claims Airbus and Comac competitive threats are overplayed, and says OEM will need until at least 2035 to bring a new aircraft to market.

Aircraft deliveries to China have collapsed, and big hurdles stand in the way of a sharp rebound.

Northwestern Polytechnical University in China has flown a subscale model of a 300-330-seat BWB airliner.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

With a carrying payload of 10 tonnes, the ARJ21 converted freighter variant is designed to fill the last-mile gap not served by larger aircraft.

Russia is discussing ways for it to stay in its last international aircraft program—the joint development of Sino-Russian CR929 widebody commercial aircraft.

Comac has handed over the first ARJ21-700 to a foreign customer: Indonesia’s TransNusa Air Services.

China Eastern is the launch customer of the C919 and expects to begin domestic service with the newly certified narrowbody aircraft in early 2023.

China is in the process of developing new facilities for COMAC in Shanghai, laying the foundations for the state-owned airframer to one day take on the global powerhouses.