AAD 2016: Nigerian JF-17 deal close to finalisation

[Zarvan]

The Nigerian JF-17 contract is expected to be announced at Pakistan's IDEAS show in November. Source: IHS/Patrick Allen
Nigeria has signed a memorandum of understanding covering the sale of the joint Pakistani-Chinese PAC/CAC JF-17 Thunder multirole fighter and a contract is expected to be finalised by November, a senior official from the Pakistan's Defence Export Promotion Organization (DEPO) told IHS Jane's during the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) show held in South Africa from 14-18 September.

The official declined to say how many JF-17s Nigeria would order, but said the announcement was expected during the IDEAS show that will be held in Karachi in November.

He also declined to confirm that Nigeria will be the first export operator of the JF-17 as Myanmar has ordered the aircraft from China.

Nigeria's intention to acquire the fighter was revealed in the federal budget document that was released in January, which included NGN5 billion (USD25 million) for three JF-17s as well NGN2.06 billion for 10 PAC Super Mushshak basic trainers.

The DEPO official said that discussions were still continuing with both the Nigerian Air Force and the army's new aviation wing regarding the acquisition of the Super Mushshak trainers.

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[Deino]

Dear @Zarvan !!!

Honestly, but why on earth do You always start a new thread for posts that perfectly fit into already existing threads. There is already one on the Nigerian sale ....

So please do me and others a favour and take a look in advance, since it is always a mess to merge them later or clean the threads.

Thanks,
Deino