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Pakistan Signs JF-17 Export Deal With Undisclosed Country

Pakistan signed an MoU with an undisclosed country for the sale of JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft.

Photo of a Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder fighter.

According to a press release by the Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) Directorate General of Public Relations (DGPR), Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a “friendly country for the procurement of the JF-17 Thunder, marking another significant milestone in Pakistan’s expanding defence industrial partnerships.”

The MoU was announced at the 2025 Dubai Air Show, where two JF-17C Block-3 aircraft were sent as static displays.

If finalized, this deal would be the second recent JF-17 export order, following a potential 40-unit sale to Azerbaijan signed in 2024. The PAF DGPR did not disclose the customer, but it is known that the PAF was promoting the JF-17 to several countries in recent years, including Bangladesh and Iraq.

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Bilal Khan

Bilal Khan

Founder of Quwa, Bilal has been researching Pakistani defence industry and security issues for over 15 years. His work has been cited by Pakistan's National Defence University (NDU), the Council of Foreign Relations, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Centre of Airpower Studies and many others. He has a Hons. B.A in Political Science and Masters of Interntional Public Policy from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

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