The Eurofighter Typhoon is the frontrunner in a race to win a $10.4bn fighter jet contract in India, the country’s ambassador to Italy has said.

Eurofighter, produced by a consortium of European companies, is one of the six aircraft that will compete for the Indian Air Force’s 126-jet order, according to Reuters.

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The flight trials of the aircraft are expected to finish this April and the contract is expected to be awarded shortly after.

The competing aircraft include Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet, France’s Dassault Rafale, Lockheed Martin’s F-16, Russia’s MiG-35 and Sweden’s Saab JAS-39 Gripen.

The order for the new jets is part of the Indian Government’s plans to spend over $30bn on defence upgrades over the next five years to counter potential threats from Pakistan and China.

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