ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and China have agreed to develop aircraft equipped with long-range early warning radars, the Pakistan Air Force said Friday during a visit by Chinese leader Hu Jintao. The air force said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese aviation company CETC to help develop the Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS).
| AWACS. Good idea. We've had 'em for a while. A long while. |
‘Pakistan Air Force and Chinese Aviation Industries have agreed for long-term collaboration and co-development in the fields of aircraft manufacturing... including AWACS,’ the air force said in a statement. ‘The same may be delivered to Pakistan in coming years,’ it said without specifying a timeframe.
Pakistan is already collaborating with another Chinese aviation company to develop and build JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft. ‘Eight JF-17s are expected to be delivered to Pakistan during 2007,’ it said.
| That's another name for the FC-1, a light fighter on which the two countries started collaborating in 1999. |
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