I found this sentence as an answer to the question: "What are some of the symbols of Japan's wealth?"
次期主力戦闘機を何機も買おうとしていること
I'm not sure whether it means they're buying a lot of next-generation fighters, or none at all.
I think it's a bunkei I have yet to learn, and I can't find it in the textbook.
Answer
There is no relation here. It is simply 何機も followed by the form 〜（よ）うとする. The 何機も corresponds to the combat planes because planes are counted with 機. The 何 + counter + も pattern just means "several" or an undetermined amount of that thing. For example
- 食堂に生徒が何人もいます → There are several / There are a number of students in the cafeteria.
So your first translation is correct. "They will try/intend to purchase several combat planes next." (+ こと to answer the question).
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