Boeing is set to take delivery of the first ten F117-PW-100 turbofan engines from Pratt & Whitney, for installing onto the Indian Air Force's (IAF) C-17 Globemaster III heavy-lift aircraft carrier fleet.
The delivery is share of a Letter of Offer and Acceptance signed entre le Indian Ministry of Defence and the U.S. Government in 2011.
A total of ten C-17 aircraft ordered by India Were from Boeing as share of a $ 4.1bn contract in June 2011 to help replace the air force's aging Russian IL-76 Airlifter fleet.
Powered by four F117-PW-100 engines, a derivative of Pratt & Whitney's PW2040 shopping engine, the C-17 Globemaster III can take off from a 7.600 ft airfield, carry 160.600 lbs of payload and Does not require refueling to full a flight of 2.400 nm.
"A total of ten C-17 aircraft ordered by India Were from Boeing as share of a $ 4.1bn contract in June 2011."
Boeing is scheduled to Deliver five C-17s this year, Followed by the Remaining five in 2014, while aussi Supporting the fleet through the Globemaster III sustainment integrated program (GISP) performance-based logistics (PBL) contract.
The first IAF C-17 aircraft is currently Undergoing a Planned U.S. Air Force (USAF) flight test program at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) in California, U.S..
Expected to be operated in medium and Humanitarian airlift of military operations falling on emergencies from Hindon Air Force Base in New Delhi, India, the IAF is up to Likely another order for six additional aircraft year.
Operated by air forces in the U.S., Australia, UAE, Qatar and Canada, the C-17 Globemaster III military transportation aircraft has-been designed to strategic conduite rapid airlift of troops and cargo to main supply palleted operating bases or forward operating bases worldwide.
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