The gloves are coming off. International fighter competitions are rarely gentlemanly affairs, but with U.S. and European defense spending in decline, the pressure to succeed overseas has aircraft makers and equipment suppliers becoming more aggressive in the push to secure crucial foreign orders. After the Eurofighter Typhoon's loss to the Dassault Rafale in India's Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft Competition, U.K. officials have tried to pressure the Indian government to let them update their bid-judged to be more costly than the French offering-but to no avail.
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