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and military aircraft. This is followed by aero-
structure manufacturing which contributes 42% of
the total manufacturing revenue.
System Integration
The System Integration sub-sector is of strategic
importance in the development of national
capability involving dual high technology. This sub-
sector is expected to be mainly driven by the local
market. Based on MAIB 2030, System Integration
is projected to be self-reliant with at least 70%
local content in the integration and upgrading
of strategic assets. Generally, the strategy is to
become one of the aerospace hubs in the world
not only in terms of revenue, but also in terms of
value adding through the involvement in upstream
activities relating to supply chain management,
technology development and the production and
employment of a highly skilled workforce.
System integration is the process of generating
an information system that is complex and
involves the design or building up of custom
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architecture or applications by integrating them
into new or existing hardware, packaged software
and communications. System integration can be
regarded as engineering practices that combine
different modules or subsystems into one whole
system that also includes several new features
and are incorporated into different systems.
The combination of different sub-systems or
modules which work together to carry a system
has been the focus of some technology-based
industries. In the development cycle, integration
at the near-end is also known as the integrated
approach to system building. A system integration
engineer thus requires a lot of skills and extensive
knowledge because the systems to be integrated
might span different fields requiring software and
hardware engineering.
In the aerospace engineering field, the systems
that are integrated in terms of capability are
Simulators, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and
also spacecraft.
The MAIB 2030 expresses expectations
that system integration would provide more
robust solutions in the provision of national