JF-17 To Get Russian RD-93 Engines

[pakistaniboy]

JF-17 To Get Russian RD-93 Engines

July 1, 2005: PakistaniDefence.com reports, in a very welcomed new for JF-17 project Russia has signed a contract with China to supply RD-93 engines for Sino-Pak JF-17 fighter. This contract nulls all the reports that RD-93 will not be fitted into JF-17 hence making JF-17 not as effective as Chinese and Pakistani air forces would like it to be. This contract will allow initial supply of 100 engines its spare parts and maintenance. Net worth of this contract is 237 million dollars. Talks are already underway for another 500 engines.


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[gf0012-aust]

JF-17 To Get Russian RD-93 Engines


July 1, 2005: PakistaniDefence.com reports, ​

I'd be very tempted to wait for an official announcement from PakGov. Some web sites juimp the gun too early on announcements.

There have been numerous mistaken "announcements" made in the last 12 months (Gripens, AWACs, Naval Vessels etc...)



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[highsea]

Yeah, that's a real reliable source....

Locking...

edit to add: Just in case our members are curious, I tracked this "report" back to a post by a "Golden Dragon" on the Key Pub AV forum. It was a babelfish translation, utterly incomprehensible, and no source was provided in the original post but "kanwa". You can read it here:

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showpost.php?p=504918&postcount=79

Take it for what it's worth.

Since this doesn't meet DT's standards for source material, this thread will stay locked until it is verified through more reliable channels.

 

[webmaster]

Thanks Highsea.

If Russia is going to "issue a statement" saying that it is going to supply RD-93 for JF_17, why would it only issue that statement to Kanwa? Why would only "kanwa" know about it no body else? When statements are issued, they are released in press release or similar manner not to a particular website. This is freaking unbelievable, we need to varify the news from multiple sources before making it a "news" item. This isn't even a news but supposedly a russian "statement" translated into Chinese and then translated into english.

 

[webmaster]

This is somewhat related:

Russians Test Missile for China
Moscow hopes to export more weapons to Beijing

Russian missile makers have recently tested a new weapon they hope to sell to China. The newly developed Russian missile is designed to attack naval targets, and well suited for attacks against U.S. carriers.

"This adds yet another layer to China's building anti-carrier forces, which will soon include 8 Russian NPO-Machinostroyenia electro-optical and radar satellites; 12 Kilo submarines- 8 armed with 220km range CLUB anti-ship missiles; Xian JH-7A fighter-bombers armed with Russian Kh-31 anti-ship missiles; and according to late reports, an eventual total of 6 Sovremenniy class missile destroyers," said Fisher.

In addition, Russia and China have reached an agreement covering the purchase of 100 Klimov RD-93 engines for the Chengdu FC-1 strike fighter jet. According to the Russian financial daily Kommersant, the deal reportedly bars re-export of the engines.

The FC-1 is being developed by CAC-1, formerly Chengdu Aircraft Corp., with partial funding by Pakistan. The FC-1 draws its design lineage from the Super-7 fighter program, a cooperative development between Chengdu and then Grumman Corp. The agreement was signed in 1988, but fell apart after Beijing's violent reaction to the Tiananmen Square demonstrations in 1989.

http://english.epochtimes.com/news/5-7-1/29971.html