By ANTARA,
Wasahington : The US Air Force has ordered 15 C-17 military transport planes from US manufacturer Boeing valued at 2.9 billion dollars, the Pentagon announced Friday.
“The Air Force is awarding a firm fixed price contract to McDonnell Douglas Corporation of Long Beach, California for an amount not to exceed 2.95 billion dollars … for the procurement of 15 C-17 aircraft,” the Department of Defense was quoted by AFP as saying in a statement.
The contract revives the fortunes of the C-17, the heart of the US Air Force’s fleet of long-range transport planes.
Boeing had been on the verge of scrapping C-17 production in 2006 when orders for the plane dried up. (*)