NEW DELHI — Eurocopter will give the first public flight presentations of its X3 hybrid helicopter demonstrator and EC175 at the 2011 Paris air show. Eurocopter also will show off at Le Bourget its enhanced EC145 T2 and AS350 B3e, an AS565 Panther outfitted with the Stand Alone Weapon System (SAWS), the EC135 configured for law enforcement and customs missions and a version of the EC175 tailored for search-and-rescue (SAR) operations.

Celebi Holding has announced plans to invest up to $100 million in ground-handling and cargo operations in India over the next two years. The decision is expected to boost airport services, which is projected to be the fastest-growing civil aviation market segment in the world by 2020, with about 420 million passengers processed by Indian airports a year. The Turkish airport services provider handles ground work at the Delhi and Mumbai airports.

NEW DELHI — India has signed its agreement with the U.S. government to acquire 10 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifters, clearing the way for the contract to be signed in the next few months. The deal, under the government-to-government Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, would establish India as the largest international customer of the C-17.