Hi,
I am not ex paf---.
Those who are trying to bash me need to remember or need to be told one more time---JF17 was designed for a complete French EW suite and fire control radar---which did not happen at the final moment due to reasons known to many---if that would have happened---this aircraft would have been as or more advanced than the Gripen C/D and going on the same pace of development and aesa equipped JF17 by now would have been positioned in between the BLK52's and the BLK60.
If the current Gripen NG can claim to be superior than anything else other than the F22 and F35---what was stopping the JF17 with the French EW package to not be as potent or more potent with current upgrades and updates.
The JF 17 is a complete technical copy of the Gripen---paf tested the gripen for over or around three years and put it thru all the flight parameters of testing and analysis that it could---so what was stopping the paf with the help of the chinese to not have a similar aircraft.
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Pakistan negotiated with British and Italian defence firms regarding avionics and radars for the JF-17 development. Radar options include the Italian Galileo Avionica's Grifo S7,
the French Thomson-CSF's RC400 (a variant of the
),
and the British company SELEX Galileo's Vixen 500E
(AESA) radar.
In 2010, the PAF had reportedly selected
to integrate French-built avionics and weapons systems over rival bids from Astrac, Finmeccanica and a
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joint venture. Fifty JF-17s were to be upgraded and an optional fifty from 2013 onwards, at a cost of up to US$1.36 billion. The RC-400 radar,
AAMs, and several air-to-surface weapons are believed to be in the contract. The PAF also held talks with South Africa for the supply of Denel A-darter AAMs.
In April 2010, after eighteen months of negotiations, the deal was reportedly suspended; reports cited French concerns about Pakistan's financial situation, the protection of sensitive French technology, and lobbying by the Indian government, which operates many French-built aircraft.
France wanted the PAF to purchase several
fighters from the
, which would overlap with the upgraded JF-17.
In July 2010, the PAF's Chief of Air Staff,
, said these reports were false. He said, "I have had discussions with French Government officials who have assured me that this is not the position of their government". Suleman also speculated that "someone was trying to cause mischief—to put pressure on France not to supply the avionics we want".
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So---now---if the JF17 had received the original batch of french EW suite---what was it that suite not have that would have made it inferior to the Gripen C/D or Gripen NG other than the aesa/irst other sensors---which the JF17 would have had after a 5 years service as an upgrade---.
The superiority of the Gripen is on its EW suite---now if the JF17 had an advanced suite before the Gripen---then why would it be inferior...on what basis
