Not a Boffin
Phillip - I don't believe the Indians have announced their selection yet. However, as it's due this week, I bet the phones in both BAES and Dassault executive offices are managing about one ring before pick-up.
I was meaning that besides Boeing have offered their best version of the F18 the Indians having done a long and involved comparison decided that the F18 did not make the final short list, whilst the Rafale and Typhoon did. Unless the requirements that the Indians had were very different from those of the UK, which they may be... It surprised me that as a default carrier aircraft the F18 comes to people's mind.
I do agree that the quick of the nails must be nearly gone whilst waiting for the result....