India will award an $11bn contract to acquire 126 medium multirole combat aircraft (MMRCA) for the Indian Air Force within a year.

Chief of air staff Air Chief Marshal P V Naik said the flight evaluation trials report, to be ready by the end of July 2010, will soon be placed before the Defence Ministry for clearance, according to PTI.

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The IAF pilots that have test-flown the aircraft, which competed for the contract worth about Rs420bn ($8.8bn), has given very positive feedback, according to Naik.

Aircraft such as the F/A-18 Super Hornet and F-16 Falcon, Gripen, Rafale, MiG-35 and Eurofighter Typhoons are competing for the contract.

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