JF-17 THUNDER/ FC-1

JF-17 Thunder is a light weight all weather multi-role fighter aircraft jointly developed by China and Pakistan
JF-17 Thunder is the new approved name of the Super-7 (Chao Qi) aircraft. This name depicts true character of the modern aircraft and will surely give a new color to the image it carried earlier
Chinese have named their version of this aircraft as FC-1, which is the first fighter aircraft totally designed and developed in China
FC-1 on entry to PLAAF might carry the J-9 designation
The aircraft has been designed to have high performance at low cost. Surely, this feature would have world-wide attraction. Pakistan would benefit from its sale to other countries
Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute (CADI) designed the aircraft and prototyped at Chengdu aircraft Industry Company (CAC), both based in Sichuan Province. CAC is the second-largest fighter production base of China
The aircraft will have an edge over its contemporary aircraft particularly Indian light combat aircraft (LCA) in its cost, early availability and supportability
The aircraft has been developed in record time when airframe development was de-linked from avionics