PAF J-35AE - News, Updates and Discussions

[Pakistan Space Agency]

Pakistan will also induct the KAAN.

No, Pakistan will not.

As soon as KAAN is ready to be inducted, Turkiye will start inducting F-35s.

 

[FHN]

No, Pakistan will not.

As soon as KAAN is ready to be inducted, Turkiye will start inducting F-35s.

Kaan will use American engine so most likely the deal will need American approval.

 

[Yasser76]

Tempest will not be chopped. There is too much for UK aerospace industry riding on it for them to even think of cancelling.

I am not so sure, UK going through very tough budget squeeze at the moment, and many changing priorities for defence, good chance they may jack in all in for additional F-35s.
Anyway this bird actually flying and then flying in IAF colours is a scenario for 20 years from now....

 

[FHN]

I am not so sure, UK going through very tough budget squeeze at the moment, and many changing priorities for defence, good chance they may jack in all in for additional F-35s.
Anyway this bird actually flying and then flying in IAF colours is a scenario for 20 years from now....

The high cost of NGAD, at an estimated US$300 million per unit, poses a challenge for the US Air Force. Anyone knows the price tag of tempest?

 

[Yasser76]

The high cost of NGAD, at an estimated US$300 million per unit, poses a challenge for the US Air Force. Anyone knows the price tag of tempest?

Anything jointly European is expensive, anything Japanese is expensive....now they are combining the two.....

 

[FHN]

Anything jointly European is expensive, anything Japanese is expensive....now they are combining the two.....

Exactly the only way to get the cost down is mass orders to expand production. I just don't see the UK fielding high number of such aircraft.

 

[Ali_Baba]

I am not so sure, UK going through very tough budget squeeze at the moment, and many changing priorities for defence, good chance they may jack in all in for additional F-35s.
Anyway this bird actually flying and then flying in IAF colours is a scenario for 20 years from now....

Tempest will never be cancelled - mark my words on that fact. Its cost may be reduced by not going for all the fancy tech they originally planned, or plan to add later, but the core platform and aiframe will be built - even if they have to equip it with Eurofighter Tranch 4/5 avionics.

 

[Yasser76]

Exactly the only way to get the cost down is mass orders to expand production. I just don't see the UK fielding high number of such aircraft.

Ditto, right now, despite being a Tier 1 partner it is likely they may never even reach the 138 F-35s they planned. Not enough plans for training, RAF duties and to equip the two carriers

 

[Yasser76]

Tempest will never be cancelled - mark my words on that fact. Its cost may be reduced by not going for all the fancy tech they originally planned, or plan to add later, but the core platform and aiframe will be built - even if they have to equip it with Eurofighter Tranch 4/5 avionics.

Personally I think they may can this, or at least get a few more partners on board and (as you say) dumb it down a bit

 

[FHN]

Ditto, right now, despite being a Tier 1 partner it is likely they may never even reach the 138 F-35s they planned. Not enough plans for training, RAF duties and to equip the two carriers

For the program to have a shot at affordability and being made worth Britain’s investment, London needs to find many more partners than they currently have slated to join them in the GCAP. they need to bring india in to help with the funding first and foremost.

 

[Yasser76]

For the program to have a shot at affordability and being made worth Britain’s investment, London needs to find many more partners than they currently have slated to join them in the GCAP. they need to bring india in to help with the funding first and foremost.

India cannot bring anything to the table apart from funding, also unsure how much of their most advanced tech Italy, Japan and the UK will share

 

[FHN]

India cannot bring anything to the table apart from funding, also unsure how much of their most advanced tech Italy, Japan and the UK will share

India wants to have a domestic 5th generation fighter in amca. They will not risk losing it over tempest. I think tempest is still at least 2 decades away even the US is having trouble with funding for ngad

 

[TopGun786]

I thought it was a J-31/35 for PAF thread

 

[FHN]

Tempest: The 6th Generation Fighter That May Never Fly

The UK’s Royal Air Force is developing the Tempest, a sixth-generation fighter jet, under the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program, aiming for deployment by 2035. This ambitious initiative seeks to replace the aging Typhoon Eurofighter and includes advanced features like hypersonic weapons...

nationalinterest.org

National interest is telling the UK to know it's place as a medium sized power and stop dreaming about being a superpower lol

 

[Michael]

WS-19 was designed and built using technologies from WS-15.

Let us not be conservative here as WS-19 is a true 5th generation engine that will allow PLAAN fighters to dominate the USN F-35C and even take on USAF F-22 in air supremacy missions.

Eh, you seem to know a lot about WS19. Can you elaborate on the WS19?
For example.
What is its technical route?
What are its performance parameters?
What is its production status?