China-Pak in MoU to develop stealth variant of JF-17 Thunder

[mughaljee]

Desperately waiting of this version!

 

[Hasnain2009]

finally god news, now i think, 4 JF-17 stealth versions will b equal to one MiG21.

P.S: I think we also have MiG 21s(F-7PG's) and in larger number as compared to india's inventory, which is continuously decreasing(flying coffins);
SO that means we have cure of SU-30MKI, MRCA and PAK-FA

 

[CONNAN]

artistic image of stealth version

 

[Peregrine]

 

[DaRk WaVe]

Photo shopped F-35, awesome photo shop

 

[SMC]

artistic image of stealth version

WTF? Stealh and external weapons?

 

[aimarraul]

it will be easier to design a new steath jet

 

[Hasnain2009]

Fanboy Stuff

JF-17 with CFT 4th gen CGI

 

[Peregrine]

it will be easier to design a new steath jet

Yup, especially after the stealthy version of f-15, you can create stealthy versions without requiring major modifications in the design

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

If the JF17 thunder has to be converted into a stealth the basic things have to be done

#1 Tail has to be split similar to Raptors

#2 The wepons will have to be moved from wings into
being stored internally in body of plane perhaps down
from 8 missiles to just 2-3 strategic missiles which would be
droped from internally hidden bays

#3 The blades in the engines of the plane will have to be hidden

#4 The cockpit will have to be covered up and pilot will have to fly
the plane on computer navigation, the helmets on the fighter
and the equipment in side the cockpit have edges and these will
reflect back radar signas

Ideally a JF17 stealth would be UAV type setup covered up flown
from Pakistani Bases


Most important :
The body of the plane will have to be composed of 1-2 pannels only
or some material that will be a solid pannel

Not 200-400 different pannels bolted togther as these edges show up on radar and bolts also show up on radars

Its doable but almost all the plane will be reengineered

A stealth UAV is doable for Pakistan

 

[Awesome]

it will be easier to design a new steath jet

In all likelihood it will be a new plane, carrying forward all that we've learned from the JF-17 project.

Lets wait till this moves beyond the MoU phase

 

[mjnaushad]

China and Pakistan have reportedly signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a stealth version of a light-weight fighter aircraft being jointly produced by them to match MiG-21 warplane, a work horse of the Indian Air Force.

You must be kidding me.......

We already have F 7PG to counter Mig 21s......

Looks like they don't think at all before writing....

 

[SurvivoR]

Ermm... guys what is the credibility of this report?

 

[somebozo]

Bravo bravo
First step would be to replace sheet metal with carbon fiber and composties.

 

[Brotherhood]

China, Pak in MoU to develop stealth variant on JF-17 Thunder
Farnborough, Jul 19 (PTI):

China and Pakistan have reportedly signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a stealth version of a light-weight fighter aircraft being jointly produced by them to match MiG-21 warplane, a work horse of the Indian Air Force.

JF-17 Thunder, also known as FC-1, being jointly built by Kamra-based Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and Chengdu Aerospace Company (CAC) today made its first appearance at an international air show having flown in here after making refueling stops in Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

The plane, which has been in development in one form or another since 1991, is a symbol of cooperation between China and Pakistan and the first assembled version brought out by the Kamra plant, delivered in November last year, according to 'Show News,' a special issue of defence journal Aviation Week for the Farnborough Air Show.

"The two (countries) have also reportedly signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a stealth variant of the JF-17 Thunder," it said.

The journal said that Pakistan Air Force (PAK) is expected to acquire around 250 JF-17s, but this may be a split of 100 in the JF-17 configuration, being displayed at the air show here, and 150 of the stealth multi-role combat aircraft (MCRA) between 2015 and 2025.

The plane is powered by a Russian-built Klimov RD-93 engine -- a specialised single-engine fighter variant of the Mig 29's RS-33 powerplant. The first prototype of the warplane flew in 2003 and the first two Chinese-made versions were handed over to the PAF in March 2007.

Show organisers said that the two JF-17 fighter planes will not fly as part of the air show. "The aircraft has not completed its full release to service in Pakistan," the journal said, quoting a member of the flight control committee.

"Although that full release is only month away, the PAF is also today in what is for them new territory. Farnborough is their very first event of this kind ever," it said.
China, Pak in MoU to develop stealth variant on JF-17 Thunder