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| An Indian Navy P-8I |
Vivek Raghuvanshi
NEW DELHI — Coinciding with a visit by Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall, India today awarded Boeing a $1 billion contract for the purchase of four more P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft to be flown by the country's navy pilots.
The contract for the planes sets deliveries to be completed within the next three years, according to a senior ministry of defense official who requested not to be named.
Boeing executives were unavailable for comments.
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