Friday, March 30, 2012
http://www.defencenews.in/defence-news-internal.asp?get=new&id=1113
India will take delivery of the first C-17 in June 2013.
"The C-17 met all Indian Air Force requirements in high altitude and hot environment where other airlifters can't," he said at a media briefing on the sidelines of the Defence Expo here Thursday.
The airlifters can also land and take off in a narrow and short airfields, he said.
The C-17 Globemaster III is the newest and most flexible cargo aircraft to enter the airlift force. It is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases or directly to forward bases in the deployment area.
The aircraft can perform tactical airlift and airdrop missions and can transport litters and ambulatory patients during aeromedical evacuations when required.
In June 2011, India's Ministry of Defence signed an agreement with the United States government to acquire 10 C-17. The deal was the largest defense contract to have been signed by the Indian government with the US.
The C-17 is generally priced at around US$250 million per aircraft including four Pratt & Whitney F117 engines.
http://www.defencenews.in/defence-news-internal.asp?get=new&id=1113
The Indian Air Force
will have all the 10 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifters by August 2014,
Patrick Druez who is in charge of Business Development Global Mobility Systems
Boeing Defense, Space & Security, said.
India will take delivery of the first C-17 in June 2013.
"The C-17 met all Indian Air Force requirements in high altitude and hot environment where other airlifters can't," he said at a media briefing on the sidelines of the Defence Expo here Thursday.
The airlifters can also land and take off in a narrow and short airfields, he said.
The C-17 Globemaster III is the newest and most flexible cargo aircraft to enter the airlift force. It is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases or directly to forward bases in the deployment area.
The aircraft can perform tactical airlift and airdrop missions and can transport litters and ambulatory patients during aeromedical evacuations when required.
In June 2011, India's Ministry of Defence signed an agreement with the United States government to acquire 10 C-17. The deal was the largest defense contract to have been signed by the Indian government with the US.
The C-17 is generally priced at around US$250 million per aircraft including four Pratt & Whitney F117 engines.
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