India eyes $1.7B Globemaster purchase

India hopes to buy 10 Boeing C-17 transport aircraft in a deal valued at some $1.7 billion, according to the country's Defense Ministry. U.S. and Indian air forces recently flew joint exercises with the Globemaster, and sources say the contract could be finalized in early 2010.

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