India's Ambassador To U.S. To Visit Pratt & Whitney

India's ambassador to the United States is scheduled to meet Thursday in East Hartford with executives of United Technologies Corp. and Pratt & Whitney, and later with members of the Machinists union.
In a visit arranged by U.S. Rep. John Larson, D-1st District, Ambassador Meera Shankar is scheduled to tour a Pratt facility and review an F-117 engine, which powers the Boeing C-17 cargo aircraft. India hopes to buy 10 of those planes, which could mean hundreds of millions of dollars worth of work for Pratt.
Last year's defense appropriations bill included $2.5 billion for 10 C-17s for the U.S. military. The Obama administration now wants to shut down C-17 production, however, and seeks no money for it in its current budget. Congressional supporters of Boeing, Pratt and other manufacturers could try to add money for more.
Meanwhile, the U.S. government is brokering a sale of 10 new C-17s to India.
06/07/10 Courant.com

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Categories: Foreign Jul 2010