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Monday, November 08, 2010

UK closes in on $11bn fighter deal

Eurofighter TyphoonThe multi-role combat aircraft, manufactured by a joint venture between Britain's BAE Systems, Italy's Alenia Aeronautica and the German-Spanish giant EADS, has come top in the Indian Air Force's technical assessment of rival bids, beating the American F16 and F18s, the Russian MiG 35 and its closest rival, the French Dassault Rafale.

If the Typhoon clinches the deal, India would become the consortium's third-largest customer and an unofficial "fifth partner" in the project. Thousands of new jobs would also be created in India, including a new EADS avionics plant.

"The Indians would be one of the biggest users of Typhoon, which would give them a vote at the table," one official said last week.

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