The Raven
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Don’t want to hurt your sentiments but just because PAF is extremely secret about its home grown development in the work, doesn’t mean we are far from producing our own systems, at the present, we aren’t mass producing but surprise is in for all.
Stay tuned
PAF won’t disappoint. And dont think that i am just throwing a lie or something, You will see soon enough
I'm well aware of that. This is not a question about whether the PAF is making efforts in R&D, that's completely obvious given the whole project Azm initiative and AvRID. But some people think that means we can make a giant leap from having never designed a fighter, engine, radar, avionics, weapon systems etc., all the way to a FGFA with directed energy weapons. Good luck with that. It's clear that even despite our own initiatives in R&D and investments in human capital via the aviation city, we're still going to need external collaborators for the most critical parts of the FGFA, especially the engine. I believe we can do a significant amount in design and development of the airframe layout, conceptual analysis, and design refinement, and by all accounts that's already occurred. But for the powerplant and most of the avionics, we're still going to need to leverage external expertise, whether that's either direct off the shelf systems acquisition and integration or R&D consultation is yet to be seen.