Pakistan Navy Aviation

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Hopefully the PN will be able to add Z-20F to replace the Seakings soon. I got to tour the Italian AW-101 and a seahawk at last years New York Fleet week. Despite the AW-101 being a larger helicopter, it didn’t seem to have much more systems then the AW-101. Improvements to the Z-20F could really see it close the gap, especially if China develops more advanced sonarbouys, dipping sonars, and more powerful engines.

Current Z-20F has 4800 hp total, compared to the 6300 hp of the AW-101, only 24% more power.

A 3000 hp equivalent to the future American engine T901 would basically close the gap, and allow China to fit two Z-20F in future Type 052D variants and carry more heavier weapons and sensors.

The Z-20F would go from a 10 ton helicopter to a 12.5 ton helicopter.

General Electric T901 - Wikipedia

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With more power, the Z-20F derivative would be able to power a more capable next generation dipping sonar.

AQS-18F – Next Generation Anti-Submarine Warfare Sonar

Firefly offers a quantum improvement in helicopter and unmanned surface vehicle (USV) dipping sonar for anti-submarine warfare (ASW).

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Hopefully the PN will be able to add Z-20F to replace the Seakings soon. I got to tour the Italian AW-101 and a seahawk at last years New York Fleet week. Despite the AW-101 being a larger helicopter, it didn’t seem to have much more systems then the AW-101. Improvements to the Z-20F could really see it close the gap, especially if China develops more advanced sonarbouys, dipping sonars, and more powerful engines.

Current Z-20F has 4800 hp total, compared to the 6300 hp of the AW-101, only 24% more power.

A 3000 hp equivalent to the future American engine T901 would basically close the gap, and allow China to fit two Z-20F in future Type 052D variants and carry more heavier weapons and sensors.

General Electric T901 - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I think PN will continue to scour the used market for Seakings because investing in new helicopters could be expensive and fitting the Z-20 with Western-origin systems would make them more expensive but the way the western market is shrinking for Pakistan Military there are not many choices left other than Italy Turkey and China.

 

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I think PN will continue to scour the used market for Seakings because investing in new helicopters could be expensive and fitting the Z-20 with Western-origin systems would make them more expensive but the way the western market is shrinking for Pakistan Military there are not many choices left other than Italy Turkey and China.

I think China will catch up in terms of ASW helicopter tech.

I agree the PN will keep looking for used ASW choppers but with most PN ships only able to carry one helicopter, at some point, when the Z-20 has evolved into a more potent helicopter, and hopefully the Pakistani economy has improved, the PN will be able to acquire the Z-20 to do nearly the equivalent of the work of two Seaking or Z-9 ASW helicopters; better dipping sonar, better sonar buoys, and better and heavier/deeper diving torpedos.

 

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WESTLAND WS-61 SEA KING MARK-45 .... (1974 till date)
It is a British license-built, with anti-submarine warfare systems and a fully computerised control system, can carry Exocet anti-ship missiles.

 

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