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.

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 successfully test-fired a short-range nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile on June 9 from a testing range in Chandipur in the eastern state of Orissa. The indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile with a range of 350 km (220 mi.) was launched as part of a regular training exercise of the Indian armed forces, a senior defense ministry official says.