Defence Avionics & Radar
Defence avionics is the sensor and computing core of any combat aircraft: AESA fire-control radars, IRST, EW self-protection suites, RWR/MAWS, mission computers, datalink-capable flight management, and advanced HMIs including helmet-mounted displays. The category also covers ground-based surveillance and air-defence radars protecting airbases and critical infrastructure. Procurement is defence-ministry-led and sits inside broader platform programmes (F-15EX, F-16V, Eurofighter, Rafale, KAAN) alongside offset and local-content commitments that increasingly require GCC-based assembly or MRO.
"Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar are among the world's largest fast-jet radar buyers; EDGE Group, SAMI and Barzan are now pulling avionics content into local production."
