chinese and Swedish AWCAS are not integrated with PAF F-16s
they never will
Please explain what exactly you mean by that.
The Hellenic AF and UAE use F-16 with EriEye (and they have no Gripens). Thailand and Brazil both use Gripen, but it would seem very unlikely that their EriEye would only work with their Gripens, and not with e.g. F-5 (both countries) and F-16 (Thailand). Afaik all you need is compatible communications gear (radio and data link). It would be silly to develop an AEW system that can only work if all your air forces' aircraft are also modified.Smart would be to tailor the comms in your EriEye to the comms in your combat aircraft.
ErieyeCommunications (CoM)
• Extensive voice communication suite tailored to customer requirements including HF, VHF and UHF
• Real-time in-house data link dedicated for AEW&C or NATO Link 16 and Link11
• Sat Com
http://saab.com/globalassets/publications-pdfs/eds/radar/airborne/erieye_en_2013.pdf.
In 2010 Pakistan also joined the F-16 MLU group. It decided to upgrade 35 of its older block 15 airframes with an option for another 10. The first airframe to be converted was test flown in November of 2011 with initial work being performed by Lockheed, while the remainder of the fleet is to be upgraded by TAI in Ankara, Turkey.
The Improved Data Modem (IDM), developed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and built by Symetrics Inc., will be used to exchange data of various systems and targets with other aircraft (e.g. F-16, A-10, AH-64 or E-8 JSTARS) or with a ground station. Provisions have been made for the Link 16 Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS).
http://www.f-16.net/f-16_versions_article2.html
The IDM (now standard on the Block 50/52 and MLU aircraft) allows the aircraft to receive latitude, longitude and elevation of a target direct from a FAC (Forward Air Controller) on the ground. The system then inputs the data into the weapon system computer and displays it as a waypoint on the HUD.
http://www.f-16.net/f-16_versions_article7.html
IDM
http://www.pxi.com/project_idm.php
IDMs
http://extantaerospace.com/military.php
specifically
http://extantaerospace.com/products/IDM-302.pdf
and
http://extantaerospace.com/products/IDM-501.pdf
The Erieye AEW&C mission system radar is an active, phased-array, pulse-doppler sensor that can feed an onboard operator architecture or downlink data (via an associated datalink subsystem) to a ground-based air defence network.
Should the AEW aircraft be unable to communicate or link to other aircraft directly, due e.g. to incompatible communications systems, one can always send data to a groundstation for relay.
Also I would find it odd if a Chinese developed AEW system couldn't at least work with a Chinese develop fighter (JF17), whose performance roughly matches that of the F-16, at half the cost. Regarding JF-17, it is said "The communication systems comprise two VHF/UHF radios; the VHF radio has the capacity for data linking for communication with ground control centres, airborne early warning and control aircraft and combat aircraft with compatible data links for network-centric warfare, and improved situation awareness" See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAC/PAC_JF-17_Thunder#Avionics and link to source document there.
Also here:
https://books.google.nl/books?id=CY...AEIcDAN#v=onepage&q="jf-17" data link&f=false