JF-17 Block-3 -- Updates, News & Discussion

[Dil Pakistan]

Can any member please confirm (or refute) these points:

1. ACM Sohail Aman - at his retirement - confirmed that Block-III design is confirmed (I repeat the word design)
2. 10% additional thrust confirmed.
3. Bigger intakes confirmed
4. AESA is confirmed
5. PL-15 integration confirmed.

If all the above is true, then can we join the dots?

Will it not be a BIGGER JET?

 

[denel]

We are just happy bro, its just this is much awaited , something PAF put their efforts on that is why it makes us even more excited, speculations are just usual here and everyone knows what to expect and what not to ..

yes absolutely long time coming; i am very interested in if they will mate Darter plus Raptor III onto this bird

 

[Ultima Thule]

yes absolutely long time coming; i am very interested in if they will mate Darter plus Raptor III onto this bird

No bro most probably PL-15/H-4 combo, but for export its a good options

 

[Dil Pakistan]

No. Thunders are only reported to carry 2 SD 10s

Block-II has confirmed PL-15 integration (happened in March or April this year)

 

[[--Leo--]]

Can any member please confirm (or refute) these points:

1. ACM Sohail Aman - at his retirement - confirmed that Block-III design is confirmed (I repeat the word design)
2. 10% additional thrust confirmed.
3. Bigger intakes confirmed
4. AESA is confirmed
5. PL-15 integration confirmed.

If all the above is true, then can we join the dots?

Will it not be a BIGGER JET?

1: Which AESA ?name please
2: 10% is it WS-13E or RD-33MK? or we are still going with RD-93 with less life span?

 

[denel]

No bro most probably PL-15/H-4 combo, but for export its a good options

h-4/raptor ii should be very easy to integrate into jf-17.

 

[Ultima Thule]

1: Which AESA ?name please
2: 10% is it WS-13E or RD-33MK? or we are still going with RD-93 with less life span?

According to various senior and professional members especially @messiach ma'am we develop indigenous AESA for block-3, most probably block-3 have R-93MA, WS-13 tested few year back on JF-17 but PAF not satisfied its performance and RD-93MA has a better life span then original RD-93

 

[pakpride00090]

Larget air intakes for better thrusts so it means we could see the RD-93 engine replaced with a better alternative
Better composite materials.
AESA radar.
Fly by wire system.
Mounted display for dogfights.
Possibly new cockpit.
New avionics and new software.
IRST system.
I heard its airframe will be slightly different but not sure.
I hope it comes with capability and configuration to deploy PL-15 missiles.

Two important things are AESA radar and PL-15 missiles. Without it it would be useless.

 

[Pakistani Fighter]

Block-II has confirmed PL-15 integration (happened in March or April this year)

But how? Radar is not upto tha match

 

[Ghareeb_Da_Baal]

thanks, All em new features will make it a formidable aircraft.
I wonder if some of can be modified with a delta wing and specifically made into dedicated bombers?

 

[Haris Ali2140]

According to various senior and professional members especially @messiach ma'am we develop indigenous AESA for block-3, most probably block-3 have R-93MA, WS-13 tested few year back on JF-17 but PAF not satisfied its performance and RD-93MA has a better life span then original RD-93

I don't think PAF has performance issues with WS-13 rather we have invested very much onto RD-93 that switching is costly and not very beneficia.

 

[RAMPAGE]

thanks, All em new features will make it a formidable aircraft.
I wonder if some of can be modified with a delta wing and specifically made into dedicated bobbers?

Nah, I'd rather they turned it into an airliner.

 

[Ultima Thule]

I don't think PAF has performance issues with WS-13 rather we have invested very much onto RD-93 that switching is costly and not very beneficia.

Oh bhai China weak point of its military industry is engine development, they have long way to go, WS-13 is a copy of RD-93, and RD-93 is matured engine which is based on RD-33

 

[Syed1.]

What's the use of 15 threads on same topic

 

[Code_Geass]

at last the day has come, hope we get to see it soon