It is indeed standard procedure for any equipment to be upgraded gradually. All I did was suggest an alternate to the plan of producing 40 odd aircraft now with an intent to upgrade them before they are due for MLU. This is because standard IOC aircraft is very different from the SOP-18 standard configuration. Anyone with an aviation background can endorse that rearranging several LRUs, Combining mini modules to single LRUs and integration of IFR is not a short turn-around program. This becomes even more relevant when we are struggling with a slow rate of production? We were supposed to have 4 aircraft ready for induction in July and latest report this week is that SP3 will be ready only by mid-end of this month. Considering the LIFT option could have avoided this upgrade requirement as well as replacement of MMR with AESA. Again, just a personal thought. Our decision makers have made the wrong choices multiple times, so the argument of many that they know whats best is hardly convincing.