Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) developed this Hawk I as an upgrade package for the existing fleet of some 120 Hawks Mk132s in the service of the IAF. The original British missions computers are replaced in this prototype with Indian ones and HAL turned the Hawk-i into a specific close air support weapon with seven hardpoints for indigenous weapons, including two for the ASRAAM short-range air to air missiles for self-defence. The IAF made not yet a decision for converting their fleet of Hawk advanced trainers into a combat-ready fighter.