The contract of infrastructure development of JF-17 (Thunder) aircraft has been awarded to M/s China State Construction Engineering Corporation. In this regard, a contract signing ceremony was held at Air Headquarters here on Friday.
M/s China State Construction Engineering Corporation is one of the leading Chinese construction companies. According to the co-development plan the contract was awarded by CATIC to CSCEC in the presence of representatives from Aircraft Manufacturing Factory Kamra.
The ceremony was attended by Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat, Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Tanvir Mehmood Ahmed, Chief of the Air Staff (designate), Mao Siwei, Acting Chinese Ambassador, Air Marshal Aurangzeb Khan, Chairman Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Board Kamra, Air Vice Marshal Shahid Latif, Chief Project Director JF-17, Senior Colonel Li Mengyan, Defence Attache China and several other senior officials of both the sides.
According to the contract, CSCEC will construct state-of-the-art infrastructure as per Chinese aviation standards. JF-17 Thunder is a co-design, co-development and co-production project between China and Pakistan.