 By late 2007, HAL started fitting the "Shakti" for Dhruvs produced from then.The Ardiden 3G was certified in June 2017 and by 2018, 250 Ardiden 1 were in service.By September 2019, the Ardiden 1 engines had completed 200,000 flying hours, and the Ardiden 3C/3G had completed over 10,000 hours of tests.