Even though EADS/Cassidian are leading the Indian bid BAE have seemed to have quite an influence also.
From going through various peoples comments and articles to get something of an Idea of what is thought about Japan's requirements for their F-X fighter. Obviously theres the odd Yank boasting that theres nothing better than the "proven" F-35 and the "carrier capable" F/A-18 Super Hornet and have narrow minded views of the Eurofighter Typhoon. However there is a lot of decent folk that look at things at different angles to get more of a perspective view & quite a few seem to reckon the F-35 is too much of a risk to order now when so much is still uncertain of the programme.
Indeed the price of the Typhoon may be a concern, however I find it slightly odd that the likes of Oman, Malaysia, Japan, Turkey the UAE to some extent etc have seemed to put orders back slightly, just after when India are due to announce the winner of the MMRCA competition. Of course if India selects the Typhoon of 126+ aircraft production costs would come down making it more of an attractive offer.
With India being the 5th member of the Eurofighter Consortium and involved in production and manufacturing of the Typhoon, they would have their fair share from sales to other counrtries such as Japan, Malaysia and other countries in the Middle East.
With such an attactive offer for India would it be arrogant to think that EADS/Cassidian have this deal bagged?