JF-17 at Le Bourget

No, I am qouting dirtectly an interview of PAF ACM in this months AFM by Alan Warnes. So the opinion of the highest ranking person with person with p[erhaps more knowledge of the JF-17 programme then anyone on earth.

AESA isn’t magic. Given the choice between two otherwise identical aircraft, one with a Selex Vixen 500E & the other with a CAPTOR, which would you choose?

AESA technology makes some things possible that can’t be done with an MSA, & makes it possible to do some other things better. It doesn’t guarantee better performance (the back end makes a big, big, difference: not all processors & software are equal), & size still matters.

It does give certain advantges over a non AESA equipped rival. Agree, back end is vital

Question was if JF-17 will have AESA and if China can provide. If a JF-17 pilot if facing his enemy in an AESA equipped plane, he wont be sweating about who made the radar…

Random response to a 10 year old thread….

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AESA equipped JF 17,

who’s going to supply AESA radars to China, or they will uses their own AESA, earlier Chinese Flanker clones flown with AESA

Hurts doesnt it? 😉

http://www.businessinsider.sg/chengdu-j-20-could-be-a-game-changer-in-asia-2014-8/#.VXafG89Viko

http://manglermuldoon.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/the-technological-maturity-of-chinese.html

PAF to have an AESA equipped fighter by 2017

Pakistani Thunders over Paris

Three Pakistani Air Force (PAF) JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft will be taking part in the Paris Air Show opening at the Paris Le Bourget airport next week. This Chinese-Pakistani fighter jet will participate in the daily flight demonstration. It will also be on display in the ground exhibit.

China and Pakistan are promoting the J-17 as a low-cost alternative to more advanced and expensive combat jets. The aircraft has been proposed to a number of countries in Asia and Latin America but has not yet scored export sales. Among the prospective clients still on the table are Bangladesh, Nigeria and Myanmar. China and Pakistan have demonstrated the aircraft at various international air shows, including the Farnborough Air Show in the UK, the China Air Show in Zhuhai, and air shows in Turkey and Dubai.
The JF-17 Thunder was developed jointly by Pakistan and China, by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group. Fifty planes have already been delivered and comprise two PAF fighter squadrons. Production of the follow-on Thunder JF-17 Block 2 variant began in 2013. Aircraft of this model are currently being assembled at the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex. Pakistan remains the only operator of this jet. Thunder Block 2 is equipped with an aerial refuelling probe and advanced avionics suite, improved cockpit ergonomics and updated Electronic Counter Measures (ECM), and can carry a wider range of ordnance.

From 2017 the Pakistani Air Force is expected to receive the third variant – JF-17 Block 3, to be equipped with a new, Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. This lightweight, all weather, multi-role fighter jet will become the mainstay of the PAF, as it plans to replace its ageing fleet of fighter aircraft with JF-17s. These are designed to carry out both air-to-air and air-to-ground strikes, and can be fitted with beyond-visual-range (BVR) missiles.

http://defense-update.com/20150608_jf17thunder.html#.VXWHbM9Viko