Despite a concerted marketing push by the Americans, which involved giving local celebrities and opinion-formers the ride of a lifetime in state-of-the-art warfighters at the recent Bengaluru air show, India has shortlisted two European rivals - the Eurofighter Typhoon and Dassault Rafale - for its medium fighter contest.
Find out what we think about what some might term the victory of substance over style in our Comment this week (Flight International 10 May).
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