Pakistan to Stick With Russian Engine for JF-17 Fighter Jet

[yolo2016]

Pakistan to Stick With Russian Engine for JF-17 Fighter Jet | The Diplomat

@Beast You are always making fun of other countries and their engine efforts. You told us you had this super video on youtube that showed how advanced and ready you were with Ws10 engines. What happened?

Even the People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s fifth-generation fighter prototypes, the Chengdu J-20 and Shenyang J-31, both are flying with older Russian-made jet engines, the J-20 with the Saturn AL-31 and the J-31 with the Klimov RD-93.

One reason for Beijing’s recent purchase of 24 Russian-made Sukhoi Su-35 multirole fighter jets is the Russian aircraft’s powerful AL-117S turbofan engines, which China can now reverse engineer. The most advanced Chinese-made military turbofan currently in use is the WS-10, which, however, continues to underperform.

 

[General General]

Pakistan to Stick With Russian Engine for JF-17 Fighter Jet | The Diplomat

@Beast You are always making fun of other countries and their engine efforts. You told us you had this super video on youtube that showed how advanced and ready you were with Ws10 engines. What happened?

JF-17 was initiated in the 90s, before Chinese had a working suitable engine. The project was to design an air plane with existing technologies to have a low-cost modern fighter, with scope for future upgrades.
The Russian engine was selected, again, before there were any Chinese engines available.
The plane was inducted, and put into service in the mid of the last decade, before any Chinese engines were available.
Russia is developing an upgraded RD93-MA engine which might be used in the future. Since it is the same model, only upgraded slightly, the finance to train personnel and the necessary related equipment will not be much different than the one they are already using. Thus, fitting the bill for low-cost fighter. Why would they switch to a new engine when a proven one is readily available?

 

[yolo2016]

JF-17 was initiated in the 90s, before Chinese had a working suitable engine. The project was to design an air plane with existing technologies to have a low-cost modern fighter, with scope for future upgrades.
The Russian engine was selected, again, before there were any Chinese engines available.
The plane was inducted, and put into service in the mid of the last decade, before any Chinese engines were available.
Russia is developing an upgraded RD93-MA engine which might be used in the future. Since it is the same model, only upgraded slightly, the finance to train personnel and the necessary related equipment will not be much different than the one they are already using. Thus, fitting the bill for low-cost fighter. Why would they switch to a new engine when a proven one is readily available?

The article gives you the answer. Also - you have Mark 2 coming up where you could accommodate chinese engines if it had one worth using,. You would be strategically better of with chinese engines vs. being dependent on the Russians.

Money, however, is not the sole reason why Pakistan is adamant about sticking with the RD-93 engine. China’s aircraft industry has had difficulties in designing and building a powerful enough and reliable indigenous jet engine for some time.

Even the People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s fifth-generation fighter prototypes, the Chengdu J-20 and Shenyang J-31, both are flying with older Russian-made jet engines, the J-20 with the Saturn AL-31 and the J-31 with the Klimov RD-93.

One reason for Beijing’s recent purchase of 24 Russian-made Sukhoi Su-35 multirole fighter jets is the Russian aircraft’s powerful AL-117S turbofan engines, which China can now reverse engineer. The most advanced Chinese-made military turbofan currently in use is the WS-10, which, however, continues to underperform.