Every problem look big , but if its broken down and responsibility is shared the goal becomes manigable
All the hardware can be exported from China
Touch Screens, Radar units hardware (emitters and recivers), wiring cabling
Even Next Generation Laser pods , I mean our friend makes lasers and we are not taking steps to use these in our fighters for guided missiles
We just need to develop the underlaying code which we can do locally its not forbidden technology the only difference is Pakistani
engineers are doing silly things like html , javascript - engineers in France / UK/ US get to work with real coding challenges
Its just difference in prespective - the moment we will invest 1 billion USD into R&D the moment we will be free of headaches of having to talk to other countries for radars....
Radars are not something grand it was used since what 20's or 30's
The only thing that has changed is how that data captured form radar is displayed visually to the pilot or (command center)
Thats all there is to it ... its just taking raw input and making it visually pleasing (done via software development/engineering)
The data has to get tracked , if you spot some flying bird etc that all information is part of the radar signal - just need a engineer to extract the data contained in the returned signal
Its simple you bounce a wave out it hits and comes back you pick the signal and you display it on the screen a meaningful data.....
Some countries that took time to promote local companies these companies then became the large avionic companies we know of now.
Difference: They spent small amount 1-2 billion every year or so to invest in avionics
We keep sending 4-5 billion to the other countries every now and then and feel good that we saved cash
I think its a great oppourtunity to invest 1 billion USD into Pakistan Avionics industry and be free of this Avionic exporting out from Pakistan