RIA Novosti | 19 July 2010
Pakistan to offer JF-17 Thunder fighters at Farnborough Air Show
NEW DELHI — Islamabad will put its JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft on sale at the Farnborough Air Show near London, a Pakistani TV channel said on Monday.
A JF-17 of the Pakistani Air Force lands at Farnborough airport in Farnborough, southern England before the 2010 Farnborough International Airshow. (Photo/xinhuanet)
The JF-17 Thunder is a lightweight tactic multirole supersonic combat aircraft jointly developed by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex and the Chinese Chengdu Aircraft Industries Corporation.
About 50% of the on-board equipment and avionics for the fighter is manufactured in Pakistan at the Kamra plant, while the rest of the assembly parts come from China.
The Farnborough Air Show, one of the most preeminent global aviation events, will be held from July 19 – 25. The first five days of the show will be dedicated to concluding deals and the exhibition will then be open to the public over the weekend.
Source: RIA Novosti
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