About the company
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex is a state-owned arms company. In partnership with the Chinese company Hongdu Aviation Industry Group, a subsidiary of AVIC, it manufactures the Hongdu JL-8 aircraft and the J-17. Since the 1990s there have been repeated sales to the Burmese military and negotiations on licensing for local manufacturing of the aircraft.
Another AVIC subsidiary, Chengdu Aircraft Corporation, is responsible for the design and production of the F-17 fighter jet in collaboration with Pakistan Aeronautical Complex. The JF-17 has also been sold to the Burmese military and is used against the population of Burma.
Contact:
Air Marshal Muhammad Mughees Afzal
Chairman
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Kamra
District Attock, 43570
Pakistan
Sources:
Hongdu K-8 Karakorum, Myanmar Witness Website accessed May 2023
https://www.myanmarwitness.org/aircraft/k-8
Myanmar Air Force fiercely gunning to win the war, Anthony Davis, Asia Times, 11th January 2023
K-8 Karakorum Light Attack and Jet Trainer Aircraft, Airforce Technology, 30th July 2021
https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/hongdu-k8
Notified 21st May 2026
Added to the Dirty List 20 July 2026
