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PAKISTAN Iron Brother CHINA Undertaking Major Mid Life Upgradation And Overhaul Program Of Sacred Country PAKISTAN’s ZDK-03 Karakoram Eagle AEWACS Fleet At Chengdu In CHINA:
PAKISTAN Iron Brother CHINA undertaking major Mid Life Upgradation, Modernization and Overhaul of Sacred Country PAKISTAN’s ZDK-03 Karakoram Eagle Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEWACS) Fleet at Chengdu in CHINA.
PAKISTAN AIR FORCE has 4 numbers of ZDK-03 Karakoram Eagle Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEWACS) in its Combatant fleet.
PAKISTAN Iron Brother CHINA is undertaking Major Mid Life Upgradation, Modernization and Overhaul of PAKISTAN AIR FORCE ZDK-03 Karakoram Eagle Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEWACS) Aircraft to strengthen the Defense and Offensive Capability of Sacred Country PAKISTAN in the next upcoming potential conflict against World’s Number 1 terrorist country india.
The Mid Life Upgrade and Overhaul program will provide better performance and improve capacity of Sacred Country PAKISTAN’s ZDK-03 Karakoram Eagle Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEWACS) against the contemporary, ever-changing threat environments.
Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEWACS) aircraft carry very powerful and long range multi-mode radars that can detect, track, monitor and guide own aircraft towards enemy air and ground forces, as well as provide an on-station overall battlefield/theatre command and control function, airborne communications node, as well as electronic warfare and SIGINT/ELINT capabilities.
Sacred Country PAKISTAN’s ZDK-03 AEW&C Karakoram Eagle provides 360° radar coverage with Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar to improve situational awareness and Offensive capability of PAKISTAN AIR FORCE in the Complex Hybrid Battlefield Environment.
The ZDK-03 system is an advanced Airborne Warning and Control System with sophisticated integrated sensors and communications suite.
The Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEWACS) Aircraft started its early life in early 2000’s with codename Project 021.
Unlike the KJ-2000 project which depends on the development of a new CHINESE AESA radar, Project 021 took the safer route, aimed at perfecting mature technology existing in PAKISTAN Iron Brother CHINA.
Sacred Country PAKISTAN signed a contract with its all-weather Ally and Iron Brother CHINA for the joint development of 04 numbers of ZDK-03 Karakoram Eagle Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEWACS) Aircraft that was designed by CHINESE Technicians, Engineers and Designers according to the “Specific Requirements of PAKISTAN AIR FORCE”, amongst other features.
The CHINESE Engineers and Designers designed ZDK-03 Karakoram Eagle AEWACS Aircraft to satisfy the Combat Needs of PEOPLES LIBERATION ARMY AIR FORCE (PLAAF) in any contingency over CHINA’s Integral Part of Taiwan.
After the success of KJ-2000, Project 021 saw continued development as a potential export model. Although employing older technologies it is a full-fledged AWACS rather than AEWs Western countries are exporting.
ZDK-03 AEW&C Karakoram Eagle is packed with single active electronically steered array radar from the Chinese KJ-2000 which is mounted on a turboprop-powered Y-8F600 in a rotating Rotodome.
PAKISTAN AIR FORCE closely evaluates the 021 Prototype, but the AEWACS Aircraft ZDK-03 that was sold to Sacred Country PAKISTAN is an extensive redevelopment of the original Project 021 with newer designs, technologies and sensors, amongst other upgrades and modifications.
Sacred Country PAKISTAN’s ZDK-03 Karakoram Eagle Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEWACS) Aircraft is based on the Ilyushin-76 (Il-76) Aircraft that carries the Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar within its conventional rotating Rotodome, like E-3 and E-2C/D, that provides a formidable 360° degree coverage and situational awareness.
It uses both mechanical scanning (for horizontal) and electronic scanning (for vertical). Its Communication System is also custom built according to the ‘Special Requirements of PAKISTAN AIR FORCE’ by the Technicians, Engineers and Designers of PAKISTAN Iron Brother CHINA.
PAKISTAN AIR FORCE also has a dedicated fleet of undisclosed numbers of Robust and Battle proven SAAB 2000 Erieye Airborne Warning and Control System (AEWACS) Aircraft in its Combatant Fleet, along with ZDK-03 Karakoram Eagle Airborne Warning and Control System (AEWACS), thus highlighting the importance of such force-multiplication assets in modern air combat against a near-peer adversary, such as Word’s Number 1 Terrorist country india.
In order to make sure ZDK-03 communicate with both Western and CHINESE planes in PAF, the communication systems on ZDK-03 uses a number of off the shelf Western components integrated by CHINESE engineers with CHINESE front ends and software.
