Nothing wrong with plane, and more follow up orders as IAF wants to replace Mig21, Jags and even Mirages with Tejas. Migs gone and next 5-7 years others life span is also coming to an end.
On a side note, HAL have told so many lies that they have given up on telling the truth and live on excuses. These guys have no pride in whatever they do, Modi should have given them big danda where sun doesn’t shine with last missed deadline. Would love to see their project management risk register and what the F**K they tell in their monthly progress meetings to higher ups.
There are two issues with handing over MK1A to IAF, one is slow engine deliveries from GE, and equally important one is a critical component from Denmark, which has something to do with performance diagnostic in GE F404, and guess what, it was embargoed by Danes. Slow deliveries actually helped them in saving face, without that component, they wouldn’t be able to handover the jets to IAF.
It'll take some time to indigenise that component, however I have read somewhere that they have now lifted the embargo and that component will be soon available to HAL on regular basis
