India may buy 45 P&W F117-PW100 engines for powering C 17 transport aircraf

source airforce-technology.com

June 20, 2011 frontierindia.net

India is expected to purchase approximately 45 engines, including 5 spares, from Pratt & Whitney to power the 10 C -17 Globemaster III’s from Boeing. Each Boeing C-17 military aircraft is powered by four Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 engines and with spares. As stated by Boeing and the White House, this trade agreement is valued at approximately $4.1 billion and supports an estimated 22,160 jobs in US, including thousands in Connecticut. Once the agreement is fulfilled, the Indian Air Force will be the owner and operator of the largest fleet of C-17s outside of the United States.

Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) applauded news that the Indian Government has formally approved an agreement to purchase 10 C-17 Globemaster III military aircrafts, powered by Pratt & Whitney engines.

Last July, Congressman Larson invited Indian Ambassador to the United States, Meera Shankar, to visit the Pratt & Whitney facilities in East Hartford and meet with United Technology executives and Pratt machinists. The focus of the visit was to expand the relationships between Connecticut manufacturers and the Indian Government, with much of the time spent discussing the C-17 program.

“Last year, Ambassador Shankar spoke to UTC executives and machinists about the great economic potential of expanding trade relations between her nation and the United States – and with this recent decision to finalize the purchase of C-17 aircraft, we are seeing this relationship