I am NOT stating that it has been done - however PAF engineers worked out an increase in thrust from the PW-100 at the expense of MTBO.
refueling probe won't be retractable. it will be removable, will be installed as needed based on mission profile. IRST will not be built in to the aircraft but, rather, will be a chin mounted removable IRST pod. PAF, believe it or not, has experience with IRST pods from back in the early 90s so we know what we are doing:
It IS decent fighter. But look the red box closely, those are just LED lights.
Missing vertical tail sensor. Block 2 pic of the 100th production aircraft instead of block 3?
Engine has implication for range, reliabity and safety
Why the radar nose cone not canted for AESA radar as is the case with most AESA equipped fighter for example like J-10B/C ??
That green thingy shows some sort of augmented reality vision through itself to the pilot. Even if a dumb person looks through that "green thing" plane's computer would tell what he is actually looking at
Well our factories are capable of plumbing an IFR probe onto the fuselage
so I am not worried about missing IFR.That green thingy shows some sort of augmented reality vision through itself to the pilot. Even if a dumb person looks through that "green thing" plane's computer would tell what he is actually looking at
Why don't they public the role out ceremony? It isn't a video of a secret cult after all!
The "sensor" just looks like to be an LED light straight out from a ceiling panel.
That LED sort of a thing has the potential to spot an incoming missile, based on its plume / heat signature, compare it with the onboard threat library, tell the pilot that exactly what type of missile (name) is incoming, takes control of the aircraft to start with dispensing chaffs and flares along with evasive maneuvering .....all simultaneously.
