Pakistan to build radar for JF-17 'Thunder' fighter

[Jigs]

So it is the KLJ-7 under license ? That is what the article is saying.

 

[Myth_buster_1]

As per the news it is nt license produced Klj-7.

bt 100% new one..it is nt yet known whether it is AESA or simple one.

read full news you will get it..it is nt license produced Klj-7.

Dude you are way too optimistic.
PAF will manufacture KLJ-7 radars as for now but the facility is capable to manufacturer other types of radars as well.

 

[SBD-3]

So it is the KLJ-7 under license ? That is what the article is saying.

I am not sure, cuz earlier we had a lot of discussion on the radar and the conclusion was that radar in service was not KLJ-7 (probably KLJ-10 or something different)

 

[SBD-3]

Dude you are way too optimistic.
PAF will manufacture KLJ-7 radars as for now but the facility is capable to manufacturer other types of radars as well.

what other types....AFAIK Kamra radar factory has exprience with pulse Doppler radars of mirages,PGs and possibally falcons..

 

[Zaildar]

Any news about specs and targets to be achieved by this project?

 

[SBD-3]

Any news about specs and targets to be achieved by this project?

what do you believe them to be?....making flying-saucers?

 

[Mani2020]

If it was only the license production of klj-7 then what was the need to built new facility as we already have that facility where we are licence producing Grifo-series used on mirages and f-7's.as mirages and f-7's will be replaced by jf-17 so why wouldnot they have switched to klj-7 production instead of setting up a new facility?
May be plans for new local radar,and the research and other work will be carried out in new facility being set-up

 

[SBD-3]

If it was only the license production of klj-7 then what was the need to built new facility as we already have that facility where we are licence producing Grifo-series used on mirages and f-7's.as mirages and f-7's will be replaced by jf-17 so why wouldnot they have switched to klj-7 production instead of setting up a new facility?
May be plans for new local radar,and the research and other work will be carried out in new facility being set-up

I think it will be produced in KARF, I havent seen Jane's hinting a new facility for this......

The Radar Maintenance Centre (RMC), was established in 1983 to overhaul and rebuild ground-based radar systems. In 1989, RMC was expanded to become Kamra Radar & Avionics Factory (KARF). KARF has the facilities to assemble and overhaul airborne as well as ground-based radar systems, electronics and avionics. Currently the only ISO 9002 certified facility among PAC, the factory was involved in upgrading the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Chengdu F-7P interceptor fleet by replacing the original Italian built FIAR Grifo-7 radar with the more capable FIAR Grifo-7 mk-II radar, which was assembled under licence by KARF. More recently, radar production involved the license assembly of the latest upgrade variant of the FIAR Grifo-7, the Grifo-7MG radar, which arms the Chengdu F-7PG combat aircraft of the PAF. In mid 2009 it was reported that KARF personnel had completed training on printed circuit board assembly machines supplied by U.S. company APS Novastar, which would be used to make circuit boards for combat aircraft avionics

http://www.pac.org.pk/karfsite-final/index.html

 

[Mani2020]

I think it will be produced in KARF, I havent seen Jane's hinting a new facility for this......

here is the article FATMAN posted in jf-17 thunder thread and it clearly states about new facility

Pakistan to build radar for JF-17 'Thunder' fighter

Farhan Bokhari JDW Correspondent - Islamabad

The chief of staff of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has told Jane's that Pakistan has built its first facility to manufacture radars for fighter aircraft.

Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman said the indigenously produced radar, built with China's assistance at the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), in Kamra, north of Islamabad, would equip the JF-17 'Thunder' fighter aircraft jointly produced by the two countries.

"This is a major step forward. This will be the first such [radar manufacturing] facility in Pakistan," ACM Suleman said in an interview on 21 December at PAF headquarters in Islamabad. He confirmed that the radar would be fitted on the JF-17, which, along with US-supplied F-16 Fighting Falcons, is set to be the PAF's front-line combat aircraft.

Previous reports suggest that the radar to be manufactured will be the Chinese-built CETC/NRIET KLJ-7 radar set. At the 2010 Farnborough Air Show, at which two JF-17s made their debut in the West, Jane's reported that the KLJ-7 had received full marks from the JF-17's designers at PAC.

A PAC programme officer told Jane's : "I have flown with this radar and with other models that we have looked at fitting to this aircraft, such as the Thales RC400, and the Chinese radar is every bit as capable as its contemporary analogs."

The PAF plans to induct up to 30 JF-17s by the end of December 2010. PAC is currently producing more than 30 per cent of JF-17s components, although senior officers involved with the programme say this will likely jump to about 60 per cent by the end of 2011.

"This programme [JF-17] has come together on a fast track. For Pakistan to make the radar suggests they are getting into complicated systems and adapting them to their own needs," a Western diplomat in Islamabad told Jane's .

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao concluded a high-profile trip to Islamabad on 19 December during which companies and the governments of both countries signed contracts worth up to USD30 billion.

In a communiqué issued after the visit, China and Pakistan reaffirmed their commitment to further joint development of military hardware. "The two sides agreed to step up personnel training, joint exercises, training and co-operation for national defence, science and technology and collaboration in defence production. The two sides also agreed to give further impetus to maritime security co-operation," the communiqué said.

 

[Myth_buster_1]

what other types....AFAIK Kamra radar factory has exprience with pulse Doppler radars of mirages,PGs and possibally falcons..

Ma bad. Or perhaps R&D facility?

 

[blain2]

I am not sure, cuz earlier we had a lot of discussion on the radar and the conclusion was that radar in service was not KLJ-7 (probably KLJ-10 or something different)

As far as I am aware, it was always KLJ-7 and it is the very same radar that will be serially produced in Pakistan. Its a PD radar and in the future we may see some Chinese variant of an AESA radar being integrated into the JF-17.

 

[airuah]

for the over-exited lot-----pakistan is not building a new radar...but building the chinese one inhouse (this is a part of the drive to produce the JF17 completely inhouse sans engine)

 

[Gabbar]

for the over-exited lot-----pakistan is not building a new radar...but building the chinese one inhouse (this is a part of the drive to produce the JF17 completely inhouse sans engine)

Its good news for Pakistani industry regardless.

 

[sergente rehan]

for the over-exited lot-----pakistan is not building a new radar...but building the chinese one inhouse (this is a part of the drive to produce the JF17 completely inhouse sans engine)

The article didn't mention if we are building under license KLJ-7 chinese radar. Anyway it's not you who have to tell us what we are making or not.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

As soon as our new engine will be hooked up next step will be AESA integration no doubt .. bigger better radar is up next

Not if but with Pakistan and China its matter of WHEN will they achive new success in life