UAE ups C-17 order from four to six alongside 12 C-130Js

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The United Arab Emirates has unexpectedly increased the size of its order for the Boeing C-17 by signing a deal to buy six of the strategic transports.rnThe UAE in February 2009 announced its intention to buy four C-17s, along with 12 smaller Lockheed Martin C-130J tactical transports, with the combined air-rnlift investment to be worth an estimated $3 billion.rnBoeing says the UAE air force and air defence on 6 January signed a contract for six C-17s, with four to be delivered in 2011 and the remainder to follow during 2012. "Financial terms are not being disclosed," it adds, but confirms that the fleet will be operat-rned within the company's C-17 Globemaster III Sustainment Partnership framework.