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India may go for 6 to 8 more C-17s : Boeing Defence Chief | idrw.org
Dennis Muilenburg, president and chief executive of Boeing Defense, Space & Security in his recent interview to a leading aviation website (Aerospace and Aviation News | Aviation Industry & Airline Statistics | flightglobal.com) has said that India might order 6 to 8 more C-17s, but soon cleared that this number have been discussed only in public and Interest has been shown by India , nothing more then that .
On Question of not getting MMRCA contract , he told they were disappointed to lose Indias fighter competition, but are expecting more orders from India and India is interested in Apaches and Chinooks , while he also hinted that India will place more orders for, eight P-8I that India already has ordered and he expects orders for four more P-8I .
In June last year India had signed an agreement with the US government to buy 10 C-17s with an option for 6 more , and first aircraft will be delivered to India in 2013 and last in 2015 , Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne recently have told a defence website that IAF is interested in 10 more C-17s but original agreement has option for only 6 . but follow up order might be on cards in 2013 .
IAF is very happy with scheduled delivery of all the six C-130J aircraft by Lockheed Martin and this is the first time that the IAF has received its aircraft from a foreign supplier without delay, on or before time, and without any additional demands on cost.India will be its second biggest customer of C-17s even with current 10 orders
Dennis Muilenburg, president and chief executive of Boeing Defense, Space & Security in his recent interview to a leading aviation website (Aerospace and Aviation News | Aviation Industry & Airline Statistics | flightglobal.com) has said that India might order 6 to 8 more C-17s, but soon cleared that this number have been discussed only in public and Interest has been shown by India , nothing more then that .
On Question of not getting MMRCA contract , he told they were disappointed to lose Indias fighter competition, but are expecting more orders from India and India is interested in Apaches and Chinooks , while he also hinted that India will place more orders for, eight P-8I that India already has ordered and he expects orders for four more P-8I .
In June last year India had signed an agreement with the US government to buy 10 C-17s with an option for 6 more , and first aircraft will be delivered to India in 2013 and last in 2015 , Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne recently have told a defence website that IAF is interested in 10 more C-17s but original agreement has option for only 6 . but follow up order might be on cards in 2013 .
IAF is very happy with scheduled delivery of all the six C-130J aircraft by Lockheed Martin and this is the first time that the IAF has received its aircraft from a foreign supplier without delay, on or before time, and without any additional demands on cost.India will be its second biggest customer of C-17s even with current 10 orders
