With the amount of change I've seen over the last 20 years in this job I really doubt the intelligence of anybody who says that ANYTHING can't happen in the next 20.
Boxes on aeroplane dashboards that talk to each other like TCAS does today are not that far fetched.
On trial shortly in Oz is an aeroplane dashboard box that looks like a radar, and the things appearing on it look awfully like radar returns.
Of course the real question is not could they, but SHOULD they? I'm sure the bean counters will make a wise choice.