COAS visited Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) Kamra.

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Aselsan Pod
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Yaap High seep Target drone is shown first time in this video but if you are referring to some parts under production at Jig than I think its a fuselage of some new drone .... just observe the circumference of the parts and the length of fuselage under production at the jig
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it's clearly a dual seat version ....

I didn't see the pod good catch. I guess this is a display of new and improved avionics and integration of weapons, sensors and instruments like aselpod, SOW onto the 17's.

 

[JamD]

Few interesting screenshots from the video

2P-718
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As far as we Know serial number of B version starts with 6 like 601,602, 603,604, but here it's not only start with 7 but also indicating that 17 other examples are already produced, with 2P nomenclature it is blk-II version ...

So my conjecture about 3B starting with 7 was correct. @Bilal Khan (Quwa) @Dazzler @araz

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I am usually not the kind of person that grasps at straws but I have been wondering why the Bs have serial numbers starting in 6. We know that number is reserved for block in single seater. Pure speculation follows:

PAF envisions the single-seater going up (at the absolute most) to block 5, which is the reason twin-seaters start at 6. This might also imply block 3Bs might have serials starting in 7.

@Bilal Khan (Quwa) @Dazzler

JamD, Do you think they revealed I-REK and high speed drone in this video? These look like I-REK parts and High Speed Drone @Bilal Khan (Quwa) @HRK

Currently at work. Will watch this video later. Seems to be full of juicy stuff.

 

[AMRAAM]

Its a SOW, and this drone is recently tease in Dubai air show, I didn't expect it to be ready or in production that fast , it might be a targeting drone to test various systems .
Such Videos are very very carefully framed , i must give that to those who edited the video before posting .

Sorry, which video @Starlord ? The one in the OP tweet?

 

[StormBreaker]

Its a SOW, and this drone is recently tease in Dubai air show, I didn't expect it to be ready or in production that fast , it might be a targeting drone to test various systems .
Such Videos are very very carefully framed , i must give that to those who edited the video before posting .

Radar is ready as well apparently and yet it was first revelated as a poster in DAS19

 

[JamD]

Yaap High seep Target drone is shown first time in this video but if you are referring to some parts under production at Jig than I think its a fuselage of some new drone .... just observe the circumference of the parts and the length of fuselage under production at the jig
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Those could be parts for Falco.

 

[StormBreaker]

So my conjecture about 3B starting with 7 was correct. @Bilal Khan (Quwa) @Dazzler @araz

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Currently at work. Will watch this video later. Seems to be full of juicy stuff.

Ok, taken into account, but how can one ignore the number 18 ? No way that 18 Block 3s are ready

 

[JamD]

Ok, taken into account, but how can one ignore the number 18 ? No way that 18 Block 3s are ready

I really don't know.

 

[HRK]

Those could be parts for Falco.

may be as I also thought these could be part of some existing drone but then length of the fuselage on the jig does not match with any existing drone .....

 

[YeBeWarned]

Sorry, which video @Starlord ? The one in the OP tweet?

Yep @34 second mark .

 

[JamD]

may be as I also thought these could be part of some existing drone but then length of the fuselage on the jig does not match with any existing drone .....

You know what? I think I agree. I was originally thinking that those were all the same parts on the jig but upon closer inspection they are definitely different parts on the jig. I count at least 12 bulkheads on one (each of a different size). No falco has that many bulkheads. I think we are seeing parts for the MALE. Great catch.

 

[YeBeWarned]

Radar is ready as well apparently and yet it was first revelated as a poster in DAS19

I hope so, unlike others my reason for been excited about BLK3 is its electronics rather than design which wont be much different , I am very eager to know about the AESA and its specifications, along with other Electronics .

 

[Windjammer]

@HRK @The Eagle

https://twitter.com/x/status/1205151359445667840

https://twitter.com/x/status/1205150896579067904

 

[Deino]

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@Deino thought you might be interested in this strange development

Indeed interesting, however I think the last digit or number looks more like a "B" after the image was slightly enhanced!? What do you think?

 

[YeBeWarned]

Indeed interesting, however I think the last digit or number looks more like a "B" after the image was slightly enhanced!? What do you think?

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do we have any examples of a similar Serial number ? 2P-71B ?
Tail is similar to B version which is making people confused, but if B versions are starting from 601, than where does this 7-series comes from ? Export ? EW version ? BLK 3 ? we can only speculate

 

[Deino]

do we have any examples of a similar Serial number ? 2P-71B ?
Tail is similar to B version which is making people confused, but if B versions are starting from 601, than where does this 7-series comes from ? Export ? EW version ? BLK 3 ? we can only speculate

Could it be that it is indeed a 700-number and all JF-17Bs from the first batch had 600-serials and from the second batch have numbers starting with 700?? Just a guess!