Germany has said that the four-nation military consortium European Aeronautic Defence and Space (EADS) is still ready to provide the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft to India, asserting that the jets are good both in terms of quality and price.
The Rafale deal has been stuck on cost and technology transfer issues.
German Ambassador to India, Michael Steiner, said the consortium stands ready with their proposal and the governments of the four nations are supporting the proposal.
After the merger of British, German, French and Spanish entities, EADS came into being in 2000 as Europe's largest aerospace company.
In 2012, India had selected France's Dassault Aviation from among five bidders for buying 126 Rafale fighter jets as it was the lowest bidder.
Dassault Aviation and EDFS are the only two defence firms left in the race for the 126 aircraft Indian deal after years of tests on various aspects.
