East Hartford aerospace manufacturer Pratt & Whitney received a contract from India to provide engines in its military transport aircraft.
Pratt will provide four of its F117 engines to power the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, which is a large military transport aircraft. The engines and the Boeing will be used by the Indian Air Force.
Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed. The engines will be delivered in the second quarter, and Indian will take delivery of the aircraft in early 2013.
Boeing sold 239 C-17s featuring Pratt engines worldwide, mostly to the U.S. Air Force. Other customers include the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force, the Qatar Emiri Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force and the United Arab Emirates Air Force and Air Defence.
Pratt is a subsidiary of Hartford manufacturing conglomerate United Technologies Corp.
