Maximum Likelihood Estimation - ARMA

[ChockalingamKC]

I have been implementing ARMA models in Eviews. for estimation i am using NLS and ARMA in the eviews. my team wants to use MLE. Eviews guide says NLS is asymtotical equivalent to MLE.
is there option to use MLE in eviews than NLS for ARMA estimation.

[EViews Gareth]

Other than programming it yourself in the State Space object, no :(

[ChockalingamKC]

Thanks for confirming that.

1) Is there any thing in pipeline for future versions in Eviews to have to it as standard options MLE estimation for ARIMA ?
2) If so how soon it will be

Most of people are not programming savvy in our place.

[EViews Gareth]

It is on our list of things to look at. No ETA yet.