KARACHI, Pakistan -- The Pakistani defense industry is moving forward with development of a fifth-generation fighter jet, under Project Azm. In its yearbook for the period 2017-2018, Pakistan's Ministry of Defence Production announced a milestone in the development process for the fifth-generation fighter jet. The ministry said, "First cycle of conceptual design phase has been completed. The first configuration that was designed based on the challenging performance requirements of PAF will go through three more cycles within the conceptual design using higher fidelity analysis tools and codes."
A timeframe for the completion of work was not specified, though given the challenges of developing a fifth-generation fighter jet, it can be expected that development will continue for years to come.
Project Azm, announced in 2017, is a large undertaking to improve the Pakistani defense industry base, through work on advanced projects such as the fifth-generation fighter jet. Other programs under the heading include a medium-altitude and long-endurance drone.
Pakistan is believed to be receiving Chinese assistance in the development of the aircraft.
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