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Marrakech Air Show Invites Pakistan to Showcase JF -17 Thunder Fighter Jet

The Marrakech Airshow 2016 has invited Pakistan to showcase its JF-17 thunder fighter jet at the 5th Annual International Exhibition of Aerospace Industries to be held on April 27-30, 2016. Under the patronage of King Mohammed VI, this upcoming Annual International Exhibition of Aerospace Industries in Marrakech will be a valuable opportunity for aerospace giants as well as investors in aeronautics industry to display their newest projects.

“The JF-I7 is a lightweight multi-role combat aircraft manufactured at the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) in Kamra, Pakistan. It can be used for aerial reconnaissance, ground attack and aircraft interception,” said a communique by the Pakistan Embassy in Rabat. “The JF-I7 can deploy diverse ordnance including air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles and is equipped with a 23 mm GSh-23-2 twin-barrel autocannon.’It is powered by a Guizhou WS-13 afterburning turbofan engine and has a top speed of Mach 1.6,” the communique concludes.

Moroccan daily newspaper Al Massae said in its December 4 issue that Morocco has expressed interest to buy the JF-I7 for its Air Force. The organizers said this year’s exhibition is part of “Morocco’s strategy to develop its aviation base and strengthen the aviation sector, notably in terms of industrial investment and technology transfer.”

The four-day airshow expects more than 20,000 visitors and more than 200 participants from 20 different countries. “These aircraft manufacturers see Morocco as the gateway to the promising African market for civilian, military aviation and business aviation,” the organizers added.

DCNS Trying to Recover Profit Lost to Mistral Cancellation

DCNS is in talks with the French authorities to recover the “three figures” of profit that sank when France canceled the sale of two Mistral helicopter carriers to Russia, Chairman Hervé Guillou said Tuesday.

The naval shipbuilder forewent some €100 million (US $110 million) of gain when Paris and Moscow agreed to annul the deal in August, with France repaying €949.7 million of cash advances.

That cancellation led to DCNS, prime contractor on the Mistral, forgoing a profit of “three figures,” Guillou told the defense journalists association. “I am sure it will be resolved,” he said, declining to give the amount.

In his Sept. 15 remarks to the National Assembly foreign affairs committee, Guillou said the cancellation of the Mistral led to foregoing profit that is the equivalent of a year’s research and development budget.

DCNS invests €100 million in R&D, he told journalists Tuesday.

Coface, the export credit agency, repaid €893 million of production costs but that repayment excluded the expected profit. The government repaid Russia €56.9 million for adapting the ships to fit Russian combat systems.

The first of the two Mistrals will sail to Egypt next summer, the second three months later, Guillou said. The company is in talks about creating an Egyptian joint venture for maintenance of warships.

The company last year sold four Gowind corvettes and is in talks for an option on two more. Egypt also bought a multimission frigate, part of a €5.2 billion arms deal centered on the sale of 24 Rafale fighters and missiles from Sagem and MBDA.

DCNS is in discussion for a local partner in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for maintenance of ships delivered under the two Sawari arms programs.

Maintenance is also a factor in the company’s bid in an Australian competition for eight to 12 attack submarines, which is now under a competitive evaluation process.

There were no problems in cooperating with Thales, a systems company, on the Australian offer, with the systems company “unequalled” in sonar technology, Guillou said. There is cooperation with Thales at the group level with the Thales Underwater Systems division in a highly structured way.

Thales Underwater Systems could also be a subcontractor for the two US companies, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, competing for the separate combat systems contract in Australia, he said.

DCNS competes with ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, and Japan teamed with Mistubishi Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Shipbuilding.

Australia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia are seen as potential markets for expansion in addition to Brazil, India and Malaysia, where DCNS is building submarines and surface warships with local partners.

DCNS has seen interest from Canada, Chile, Colombia, Qatar and Saudi Arabia on the planned intermediate frigate, which the company will build for the French Navy. The frigate will have a modular design, able to be adapted to regional and defense needs of the export client.

DCNS expects to break even this year after posting a 2014 net loss of €336 million, with annual sales more than €3 billion. The company reported €3.1 billion in sales in 2014.

“We are on our financial trajectory and the operational signals for 2015 show the company is on the right track,” Guillou said.

The company is state-owned, with Thales holding 35 percent.

Of the sales, two-thirds stem from shipbuilding, one-third from maintenance.

DCNS is in talks with labor unions on the loss of 1,000 jobs, with the company looking to consolidate around specialization on sites around the country.

Pakistan Aeronautical Complex's 'Super Mushshak' Could be the Next Basic Trainer for Turkish Airforce

Sources said that Turkish gorvernment defense procurement agency Undersecretariat for Defense Industries/ SSM (Savunma Sanayii Mustesarligi) announced "Screeners" basic trainer for Turkish Airforce getting closer to an end. It would be a possibility that Turkey would select Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) "Super Mushshak" basic trainer aircraft. It's unclear that is the deal has finalized or yet to be! Though reliable sources confirmed with strong indications that Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) getting closer to an announcement.

A Pakistan Airforce (PAF) "Super Mushshak" basic trainer parked at an Pakistani airport. 

Turkey started a competition years ago dubbed as "Screeners" to replace its airforce's ageing fleet of SF-160 which were assembled in Turkey by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) licensed from Italy (Finmeccanica) in the early 1990s. The fleet have around 100 aircraft. And the contract could be worth between $50 millions & $75 millions. 

Pakistan Building & Exporting Chinese Designed Anti-tank Guided Missiles

A PLA marine fires an HJ-8 anti-tank missile. Internet photo.

With the help of Pakistan, China North Industries Corporation, better known as Norinco, has been able to export its HJ-8 anti-tank missiles to 20 countries around the world, Duowei News, a news outlet operated by overseas Chinese, reported on Oct. 21.

Pakistan produces the HJ-8 under license from China, which helped the South Asian country build an independent production line to manufacture the anti-tank missile.

In the late 1980s, China convinced the Pakistan Army, which had been using the American-built BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missile, to purchase the Chinese-made HJ-8.

Pakistan carried out tests pitting the HJ-8 against the TOW system to see which missile was more suited to its ground force. The HJ-8 came out on top by destroying all five targets with five launches, while the TOW only destroyed three, according to the Duowei report.

Nearly 10,000 HJ-8 missiles have since exported to around 20 countries. These include Bangladesh, Bolivia, Egypt, Ecuador, Kenya, Malaysia, Morocco, Peru, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.

As Islamabad opens up new overseas markets for China, it also builds trust with Beijing to gain access to the further arms technology in the future, creating a win-win situation for both nations, Duowei said.

Source: WCT