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JF-17 Planned upgrades
All PAF JF-17 jets will be modified to aerial refueling capable.
Subsequent upgrades will be made on PAF JF-17 jets approximately every five years. Planned additions include:
Greater use of composite materials in the airframe to decrease weight.
Chinese Infra-Red Search and Track (IRST) system, possibly the Type Hongguang-I Electro-optical radar originally developed for the Chengdu J-10 fighter by Sichuan Changhong Electric Appliance Corporation. JF-17 is already compatible with this system but currently it must be carried externally in a pod mounted on one of the hardpoints.
New engine; most likely the Chinese WS-13 TianShan, although the PAF is considering fitting European powerplants such as the French Snecma M88 to its aircraft.
Minor airframe modifications to reduce the aircraft's radar cross-section by adding stealthy features.
The first 50 JF-17 jets entering Pakistan Air Force service will most likely incorporate only Chinese avionics and other systems, beyond the initial 50 PAF JF-17 jets the remaining production aircraft may also be equipped with European avionics, radars and weaponry.
Pakistan had begun negotiations with British and Italian defense firms over potential avionics and radars for JF-17 during initial development. Some of the radar options for JF-17 are the Italian Galileo Avionica Grifo S7 and the French Thomson-CSF RC400 (a variant of the RDY-2), along with the MBDA MICA IR/RF short/medium range air-to-air missiles.
JF-17 production in 2010 was planned at 24 planes, while from 2011 it is planned to be at 30 planes per year at Pakistan Aeronautical Complex.
Pakistan Air force will get total 275 JF-17 jets, According to Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmad of the PAF, the first JF-17 squadron will be inducted into the PAF fleet in the first quarter of 2009.
Source: Wikipidia and Defense websites.
All PAF JF-17 jets will be modified to aerial refueling capable.
Subsequent upgrades will be made on PAF JF-17 jets approximately every five years. Planned additions include:
Greater use of composite materials in the airframe to decrease weight.
Chinese Infra-Red Search and Track (IRST) system, possibly the Type Hongguang-I Electro-optical radar originally developed for the Chengdu J-10 fighter by Sichuan Changhong Electric Appliance Corporation. JF-17 is already compatible with this system but currently it must be carried externally in a pod mounted on one of the hardpoints.
New engine; most likely the Chinese WS-13 TianShan, although the PAF is considering fitting European powerplants such as the French Snecma M88 to its aircraft.
Minor airframe modifications to reduce the aircraft's radar cross-section by adding stealthy features.
The first 50 JF-17 jets entering Pakistan Air Force service will most likely incorporate only Chinese avionics and other systems, beyond the initial 50 PAF JF-17 jets the remaining production aircraft may also be equipped with European avionics, radars and weaponry.
Pakistan had begun negotiations with British and Italian defense firms over potential avionics and radars for JF-17 during initial development. Some of the radar options for JF-17 are the Italian Galileo Avionica Grifo S7 and the French Thomson-CSF RC400 (a variant of the RDY-2), along with the MBDA MICA IR/RF short/medium range air-to-air missiles.
JF-17 production in 2010 was planned at 24 planes, while from 2011 it is planned to be at 30 planes per year at Pakistan Aeronautical Complex.
Pakistan Air force will get total 275 JF-17 jets, According to Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmad of the PAF, the first JF-17 squadron will be inducted into the PAF fleet in the first quarter of 2009.
Source: Wikipidia and Defense websites.
