An EADS-India contract worth a relatively small $20 million poses fundamental questions for the new U.S. administration regarding a multibillion-dollar fighter competition. Europe's EADS is near closing the deal with India to support the flight-test program for New Delhi's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), usurping Boeing. The U.S. manufacturer was tapped last year to provide support to India's Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) on the LCA-but an inability to overcome U.S. technology transfer and regulatory issues has forced the company to withdraw.
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