@Bilal Khan (Quwa)
Its a well known fact that Italians with the assistance of the Russians built the Leonardo M-345 (then Alenia Aermacchi) which is great in various roles like Light Attack and LIFT.
My question is, now what has Leonardo have for a next step?
The M-346 could have been the best Light Attack/Trainer in the market, before Boeing/Saab's new T-7 (Red Hawk) came into the picture. Honestly, I rank it higher than LM/Korea's T-50 (Golden Eagle).
Pakistan has a great thing going on with China with the JF-17. Who knows what to expect down the road - maybe some J-10's. Maybe J-35's - if they're made available to us.
My point is, we seem to have a pretty decent relationship with the Italians with them opening up an office for Leonardo in Islamabad.
Which brings me back to my original question. Why can't we do the exact same with Italy (Leonardo) what we did with China (CATIC/AVIC)?
We should bring some of the smaller markets (Leonardo, Antonov and even Embrear) togther and work on something together.