In May 2008, Eurofighter said pretty much the same at the ILA Berlin show: вЂњ As the worldвЂ™s most advanced swing-role combat system flexed its muscles, the aircrew of our competitors, Rafale and Gripen, could only stand next to their parked jets in the static display area and admire the show.вЂќ Not like the French Rafale вЂ“ forced to use the spare aircraft after the first one failed the pre-take off checks and that cut its display short probably for some issue also with the second aircraft вЂ“ the EF at Aero India was without any problems, confirming the вЂtraditionalвЂ™ reliability of the system when deployed also so far from the main base.вЂќ Most recently, EADS had this to say, describing the TyphoonвЂ™s air show performances at Aero India 2011: вЂњ Two impressive air displays to show its power, agility and short take off and landing run. In the last two weeks since the downselect that pushed both aircraft into the M-MRCA final, hostility has been mostly covert. And for two airplanes with comparable ancestry and similar design philosophies, the Rafale and Typhoon have inevitably had a journey peppered with mutual hostility. The identity of both airplane programmes was born from the famously acrimonious exit of France in 1985 from the collaborative European venture that finally spawned the Eurofighter. The deal also happens to be the largest single contract that either has ever competed for. The Rafale and Eurofighter have competed for several contracts, but IndiaвЂ™s $12-billion M-MRCA fighter competition is perhaps the first competitive tender in which the two find themselves in a two-horse final.

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