10 C-17s for India?

It seems that India has made request for 10 C-17s for purchase through FMS route. India seems to have upped its purchases from USA even though MRCA contract seems still rather far away

Potential Purchases

8 P-8 for 2 Billion US$ (with option of another 8?)

6 C-130s for 1 Billion US$ (with option of another 6)

10 C-17s

Harpoons for around 200 million US$

Air to surface PGMs 375 US$

M777 for arond US$ 650 million

Marine gas turbine engines

LCA engines around US$ 225 million to date

Javelin missiles under negotiation

Hellfire missiles under negotiation

Recent Past Trenton + choppers US$ 100million

Recent Past WLR US$ 200million

Possible LAV VIII

(Chances of PAC-III, radars seem dim due to costs & Israeli JVs)

Possible CH-47s, TOW etc

Lot of other low profile items like NVG, sights, rifles etc

US is also participating in competition for Light choppers, attack choppers, MRCA etc

Not to forget that Indian navy is interested in F-35 and pushing for E-2C