Uttam is already certified sir. It's the indigenous EW suite which isn't certified because DRDO doesn't have a test platform. Why don't DRDO has a test platform? Because HAL used all those category B engine for test platforms on production variants on pressure from IAF. Israelis already had test platform because they are original planned Radar-EW suite vendor of HAL. Now everyone is pointing fingers at each other like that Spiderman meme.
We have developed a scarcity mindset thanks to our historical circumstances. Jugaad are done by people who have very little option in their hand. Back then it made sense for us to be jugaadu because we didn't had much options, post-colonization we were poor, illiterate, impoverished, natural disasters like flood and droughts were common, etc. So it was natural to develop that mindset. That scarcity mindset where you make some jugaad to live your life. But today we are much more capable, we aren't that poor, hungry and weak India of 80s. Yet that mindset hasn't gone because most of the people who lead these organisations private, public, etc. are people from that generation. Their mentality is shaped by that period of scarcity. Unfortunately this mindset is there among the two main pillar of personal development of an individual, Parents, Teachers and Education system. They preach it because that is what lead to their surivival in that difficult period of time. They used to break rules, make unprofessional decision, etc. Corruption was rampant back then, even getting a peon job required you to pay a large some of bribe. Both in public and private sector. Professionalism was less respected than connection and money way more than today. And behind this was the bad decisions of government of those days. Now because of this the new guys also start following this scarcity mindset naturally without questioning. This bimari is not uncommon in other post colonial state either. Other state like South Africa, Philippines, Indonesia, etc. also have this bimari in varying degree.
So from when did HAL used category B engines for MK1A? All these years were DRDO sleeping without securing a test bed? Since HAL used all the category B engines DRDO woke up needed that engine for test bed for EW suite? HAL using the category B engines in recent phenomena and DRDO dragged their foot to certify in time to make it for 41st Tejas MK1A.
Obviously airframes would first be allocated to the Elta Radar+EW Suite for testing and certification since it would be needed first, obviously airframes for testing and certification were meant to be allocated for the Uttam+DRDO EW Suite later, but for some reason were delayed. It’s also well known at this point that the Elta 2052 Radar & EW Suite also took longer than expected. Poor coordination and communication IMO is probably one of the reasons, as well as other factors.
It was 1 engine in july with 2 each from august
