AFP, A South African firm has agreed to purchase four more trainer aircraft built by Pakistan after receiving delivery of one such plane here, officials said Sept. 17.
The state-owned Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) signed the sale contract of four Mashak 17-1 aircraft with the Uni Group Holding Private Limited on Thursday, an official statement said.
The PAC delivered one Mashak to the South African company in August after which the contract was signed, it said. The signing ceremony was held during a four-day exhibition of locally-manufactured defense equipment being held here to lure foreign buyers.
Pakistan wants to expand exports of conventional weapons, which stood at $100 million last year.
The exhibition, which ends Sept. 17, attracted 160 delegates from 35 countries around the world.
“We have received a very good response, especially from African and Gulf countries,” the director general of the Defense Export Promotion Organization, Major General Syed Ali Hamid, said.
Pakistan has earlier this year signed a deal with Saudi Arabia to supply 20 Super Mashak, another version of the locally manufactured trainer aircraft, Hamid said.
“We will deliver the Super Mashak aircraft to Saudi Arabia by the end of this year for which the deal have already been made,” he said.
