a lot of pakistanis and my fellow indians are confused about the plans of PAF regarding Jf-17.
1.first 50 initial aircrafts are Jf-17 block 1,with air to air capability,with klj-07 radar with limited capabilty.
2.Next 100 planes are jf-17 block2. 50 aircrafts recently ordered of this block 2 configuration. it also has the same mechanically scanned array radar klj-07 but it features many improvements suggested by PAF,SUCH AS better air to ground modes,multi target tracking,SAR .etc. this will make the radar similar to apg-68 (v)9 or even better.
some features of block 2 jf-17 are AS PRESENTED BY THE JF-17 DESIGNER in DUBAI AIR SHOW:
1. EW POD with MAWS,NEW RWR. sophisticated jamming capability.
2.LASER DESIGNATION POD.
3. full complement of anti surface munitions like c-802a anti ship and land attack cruise missile with range 180km, LT-2 and LS-6 prEcision guided bombs which are similar to paveway and jdams.
4.sd-10A BVRAAM, PL-5Ell sraam.
5.chinese helmet mounted sight
6.digital map generator,full air to air,air to ground and anti-ship attack modes in the radar,
7.datalink,TACAN,ACMI.
this will make the jf-17 almost comparable to mig-29m, f-16c block 52,mirage 2000-5.
this will be the production standard till 2016,after which
ENTER THE JF-17 BLOCK 3 of which pakistan will order final 100 aircrafts
2016 BLOCK 3 WILL HAVE FOLLOWING FEATURES.
1.AESA RADAR
2.Newer powerplant ,new ws-13 version with greater thrust and
TVC
3.A-DARTER and newer HMD .
4,stealthy design.
5.sd-10b.
6. capability to fire RAAD cruise missile.
production of jf-17 WILL CONTINUE TILL 2025. WITH 250 AIRCRAFTS BEING MADE with the final one being block 3.J-2XX IS A SEPARATE PROJECT WHICH MAY BE INDUCTED IN 2020-25 period when pakistan gets j-10b in significant numbers and mmrca and pak-fa are already in numbers and when our AMCA joins IAF.