27.06.2006, 23:11
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By Craig Hoyle in Long Beach
Ottawa close to concluding four-aircraft deal in time to meet price-guarantee deadline
Boeing expects a production contract from Canada within the next few weeks to supply an anticipated four C-17 strategic transports to help meet Ottawa’s requirement to support expeditionary operations, says the US manufacturer.
The order commitment should come in time to guarantee Canada a unit price of $220 million – an opportunity expected to expire for other potential buyers in late June, says C-17 programme manager Dave Bowman. The Canadian government’s treasury board was expected to last week approve the C-17 deal as part of a combined airlift acquisition also to include 17 Lockheed Martin C-130J tactical transports, say industry sources.
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