logo of pakistan aeronautical complex type state owned company industry aerospace defense founded kamra punjab pakistan 1971 headquarters kamra attock district punjab pakistan area served worldwide key people air mrshl arshad malik chairman products product list civil and military aerospace avionics systems naval aviation system satellites and space systems military communications aerial navigation defence electronics military computers business jets uav systems production output military aircraft services aircraft maintenance aircraft mlu systems aircraft design r & d owner pakistan air force primary owner pakistan armed forces other ownership parent government of pakistan divisions divisions aircraft rebuild factory mirage rebuild factory aircraft manufacturing factory avionics production factory subsidiaries air weapons complex website www.pac.org.pk the pakistan aeronautical complex or pac is a major aerospace defence aviation contractor and military corporation producing aerial systems for both military and civilian usage situated in kamra attock district . 1 founded in 1971 by the pakistan air force paf the pac designs develops and build aircraft and avionics systems for the inter services of the country ; it also provides its services for civilian aircraft . 2 in addition the pac performs local maintenance and works on the aircraft mlu systems of foreign built military and civilian aircraft . it is solely owned by the paf as its corporate interests and its corporate appointments are directly made by the chief of air staff from the air hq of the paf . 2 mainly focusing on avionics aviation and high tech electronics the pac also manufactures military systems for army and navy which are listed as valued customers . 3 many of these products are specially suited for the pakistan armed forces needs while others are also marketed to foreign militaries . while it collaborated with several countries corporate organizations the pac often jointly works with the turkish tai and the chinese catic . 4 contents 1 operations 1.1 aircraft rebuild factory 1.2 mirage rebuild factory 1.3 aircraft manufacturing factory 1.4 avionics production factory apf 2 products 2.1 aircraft 2.2 aircraft parts 2.3 aircraft maintenance components 2.4 unmanned aerial vehicles uav 2.5 consumer electronics 3 services 3.1 aircraft mro 3.2 engine overhaul 3.3 radar overhaul 3.4 component overhaul 4 references 5 external links operations edit a f 16a at the pac the f 16s are maintained at the pac . since 1947 the pakistan air force operated and dependent on foreign suppliers and the fighter jets and aircraft had to be sent abroad for desired inspection development and to produce parts to maintain the fighter aircraft in service causing the downsizing of the air force . 1 consultation from the paf s commanders at the ahq at the pindi cantt and assistance from the chinese government the pac was established in 1973 in kamra with aircraft rebuild factory first being functional . 5 6 the pakistan aeronautical complex pac was established by the pakistan air force paf as part of the new defence policy introduced in 1972 ; the pac represents wide range of corporate revenue of the air force while fulfilling the national security needs of the country . 1 the pakistan aeronautical complex started with three main ministry of defence projects designated p 721 p 741 and p 751 . 5 the first two digits show the year of project approval and launch the third digit is a serial designator . 5 since 1980s 90s the pac build licensed built mirage iii mirage 5 and the f 16s as well as building the f100 engines for the f 16s under licensed with the pratt & whitney . 7 a retired pakistan air force f 6 on display aircraft rebuild factory edit aircraft rebuild factory arf formerly known as f 6 rebuild factory f 6rf and p 721 is primarily dedicated to the overhaul and parts manufacture of chinese aircraft in service with the pakistan air force paf . the factory is capable of overhauling and parts manufacturing for the shenyang f 6 now retired by the paf nanchang a 5 also retired by the paf and f 7 combat aircraft as well as the shenyang ft 5 and ft 6 jet trainer aircraft . arf is also capable of manufacturing drop tanks and harnesses of aircraft . mirage rebuild factory edit the mirage rebuild factory mrf formerly known as p 741 is dedicated to the overhaul of french origin military aircraft in service with the pakistan air force paf the dassault mirage iii and mirage v combat aircraft . overhaul and manufacturing services were utilized by other countries with french mirage aircraft in service . this factory also grew to service and overhaul the pratt & whitney f100 turbofan engines belonging to the f 16 fighting falcon combat aircraft of the paf . aircraft manufacturing factory edit two jf 17 multi role fighters during a flypast performance in islamabad on 23 march 2007 assembled by pac earlier that month . serial production of the fighter at amf began on 30 june 2009 . an mfi 395 super mushshak produced at amf on display at the ideas 2008 defence exhibition in karachi pakistan . aircraft manufacturing factory amf formerly known as p 751 is dedicated to heavy military aircraft manufacturing . the mfi 17 mushshak basic trainer aircraft built under license for use by the pakistan air force paf and pakistan army aviation wing . this factory project managed the aircraft modification and development venture that resulted in the mfi 395 super mushshak basic trainer based on the mfi 17 mushshak . development of the k 8 karakorum also known as hongdu jl 8 intermediate advanced jet trainer was done in cooperation with hongdu aviation industry group of china with amf manufacturing parts for the aircraft . the jf 17 multi role combat aircraft also known as fc 1 a joint project between china and pakistan is now being manufactured by amf . the mfi 17 mfi 395 k 8 and jf 17 are now in service with the paf . amf also designs and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles for uses such as target practice . manufacture of sub assemblies for the jf 17 light weight multi role fighter began on 22 january 2008 while serial production of the fighter began on 30 june 2009 . on august 20 2009 the paf announced that it would begin production of its own unmanned aerial vehicles in collaboration with italian company selex galileo . production of the uav named falco was to begin soon . 8 an earlier opportunity to manufacture a fighter aircraft was lost when the pakistan air force abandoned project sabre ii in 1987 a joint effort by pakistan china and grumman aerospace that would have seen amf manufacturing a re designed chengdu f 7 variant . avionics production factory apf edit avionics production factory apf formerly known as kamra avionics and radar factory karf was initiated as radar maintenance centre rmc in 1983 to overhaul and rebuild ground based radar systems . in 1989 rmc was expanded to become kamra radar & avionics factory karf . apf has the facilities to assemble and overhaul airborne as well as ground based radar systems electronics and avionics . currently the only iso 9002 certified facility among pac the factory was involved in upgrading the pakistan air force paf chengdu f 7p interceptor fleet by replacing the original italian built fiar grifo 7 radar with the more capable fiar grifo 7 mk ii radar which was assembled under licence by apf . more recently radar production involved the license assembly of the latest upgrade variant of the fiar grifo 7 the grifo 7mg radar which arms the chengdu f 7pg combat aircraft of the paf . in mid 2009 it was reported that apf personnel had completed training on printed circuit board assembly machines supplied by u.s. company aps novastar which would be used to make circuit boards for combat aircraft avionics . 9 as pac s capabilities become competitive in the region commercial ventures from national and international companies are also being undertaken . products edit the new jf 17 multi role fighter displayed at the ideas 2008 defense exhibition in karachi pakistan and currently under production by pac aircraft edit jf 17 thunder mfi 17 mushshak k 8 karakorum project sabre ii aircraft parts edit k 8 karakorum also known as hongdu jl 8 aircraft maintenance components edit f 16 fighting falcon dassault mirage iii dassault mirage v chengdu f 7 shenyang f 6 nanchang a 5 lockheed c 130 hercules unmanned aerial vehicles uav edit ubabeel aerial drone a small arms target designed for target practice use by operators of small arms machine guns . also used to train operators for the larger and faster baaz aerial drone . can be very effective for recce missions . 10 baaz aerial drone a recoverable aerial target designed for use with air defence guns and surface to air missile sam systems . it has a very high rate of accuracy 11 selex galileo falco a surveillance uav production began in august 2009 . 12 13 consumer electronics edit the pac also builds android tablets pac pad 1 and pac pad takhti7 . 14 the pac e book 1 15 the pac n book 1 16 services edit aircraft mro edit engine overhaul edit radar overhaul edit component overhaul edit references edit a b c history of pac . pac . retrieved 28 november 2014 . a b introduction of pac . introduction of pac . introduction of pac . retrieved 28 november 2014 . customers of pac . customers of pac . retrieved 28 november 2014 . pac . collaboration . pac collaboration . retrieved 28 november 2014 . a b c singh rsn 2005 . asian strategic and military perspective . new delhi lancer publishers & distributors . isbn 817062245x . retrieved 23 december 2014 . singh r.s.n. 2008 . the military factor in pakistan . new delhi frankfort il . isbn 0981537898 . retrieved 23 december 2014 . staff writer . mirage rebuild factory . mirage rebuild factory . retrieved 23 december 2014 . malik sajjad 2009 08 21 . pak version of drones whirrs into production . daily times . retrieved 2009 08 21 . http www.macalliance.com aps % 20novastar % 20on % 20a % 20circuit % 20in % 20pakistan.pdf 1 archived may 14 2009 at the wayback machine . 2 archived may 14 2009 at the wayback machine . pakistan air force begins production of falco uav . airforce technology . retrieved 2013 05 03 . pakistan to begin co production of falco uav . flightglobal.com . 2009 08 26 . retrieved 2013 05 03 . brummitt chris . guns and androids pakistan air force making ipads . associated press . february 17 2012 . http www.cpmc.pk products pac ebook 1 http www.cpmc.pk products pac nbook 1 external links edit official website globalsecurity.org pac factsheet v t e pakistan armed forces joint chiefs of staff committee awards and decorations cabinet committee on national security chairman of the joint chiefs of staff committee chief of general staff commander in chief president of pakistan inter services public relations inter services selection board inter services intelligence director general of the inter services intelligence joint staff 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