Pakistan Naval Aviation - Updated

[Blue Marlin]

sure the p-3c may be old and in service in many countries but now that they are planning for replacements such as the p8 what will pakistan go for? sure this is about 10 years away but what would be an ideal platform?

 

[fatman17]

sure the p-3c may be old and in service in many countries but now that they are planning for replacements such as the p8 what will pakistan go for? sure this is about 10 years away but what would be an ideal platform?

Likely to be a Chinese type yet to be decided

 

[Blue Marlin]

Likely to be a Chinese type yet to be decided

i would have imagined you would have gone for the sword fish from saab or possibly a p8 too?
heck but theres big bro china too with the y-8q

 

[Mangus Ortus Novem]

i would have imagined you would have gone for the sword fish from saab or possibly a p8 too?
heck but theres big bro china too with the y-8q

This is a great platform in the making.. combined and datalinked with ZDK you can cover a vast area of operationis.

 

[Quwa]

The P-3Cs will likely be done away with MPA variants of the ATR-72 and C-295.

The former is more obvious since the PN is in the process of inducting ATR-72 ASWs, but the C-295 is another affordable platform capable of ASW and AShW (in addition to maritime surveillance).

Personally, I'd go nuts by configuring Airbus A-320s with the Saab Swordfish kit.

 

[fatman17]

Z9ec in ASW role

 

[fatman17]

Just a nice pic

 

[hassan1]

 

[fatman17]

I saw some Euro Copter people at Karsaz yesterday. anything in the works here?

 

[hassan1]

I saw some Euro Copter people at Karsaz yesterday. anything in the works here?

NOT EURO COPTER ITS Z-9EC

 

[fatman17]

NOT EURO COPTER ITS Z-9ECView attachment 328339

Talking about people from eurocopter visiting PN

 

[fatman17]

New arrivals

 

[fatman17]

Z9ec

 

[Bilal Khan (Quwa)]

I saw some Euro Copter people at Karsaz yesterday. anything in the works here?

Eurocopter was absorbed into Airbus Helicopters, and that company actually maintains an office (to help with life-cycle support and maintenance) in Pakistan. They could be making a play to replace the PN's Sea Kings with the H225m Caracal.

 

[Arsalan]

Eurocopter was absorbed into Airbus Helicopters, and that company actually maintains an office (to help with life-cycle support and maintenance) in Pakistan. They could be making a play to replace the PN's Sea Kings with the H225m Caracal.

If we can get those old sea kings replaced that would be great. However i would love to see a common platform for all the ships. It was said that we chose Sea King for the new fleet tanker. I guess we should stick to one option, maximum tow!! Buying all sorts of helicopters and buying them all in single digit quantities do not makes much sense to me at least.