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Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) is again trying to convince the Israeli air force to upgrade its older F-16s with the company's Avionics Capability Enhancement (ACE) package.

AeroGroup Inc., the small company that raised a big commotion this summer over its F-16 flights, has moved out of Melbourne International Airport.

The Israeli company RSL Electronics announced today that it received an order to supply 28 engine starting system controllers for F-16s to the US Air Force.

BAE systems successfully demonstrated its Advanced Airborne Reconnaissance System (AARS) during August flight trials at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. AARS was flown on a U.S. Air Force F-16 Block 50 fighter aircraft at altitudes up to 50,000 feet.

The United Arab Emirates has ordered 354 Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser tail kits for its planned fleet of F-16 Block 60s.

U.S. allies in the Middle East are expected to see significant delays in the delivery of the F-16s. Israel has already been told of a delay in the delivery of the F-16I. Egypt and Greece could also be expected to see delays over the next few months.

The US Department of Defense awarded Boeing a $24 million contract to produce 100 Joint Helmet- Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS) by July 2005. The order includes 66 systems for the US Air Force's F-16 fleet.

Zygo Corporation will soon commence delivery of the critical sapphire windows which will be used in the F-16 Block 60's Integrated Forward-Looking Infrared and Targeting System (IFTS), which is being developed by Northrop Grumman.

CPU Technology Inc. has won a contract to develop prototype units of a new computer system for use in F-16s. The contract covers the F- 16's central air data computer, or CADC.

Northrop Grumman Corporation's Electronic Systems sector has delivered the first AN/APG-80 advanced agile beam fire control radar to Lockheed Martin Corporation for the new F-16 Block 60. The first batch of Block 60 aircraft is being produced for the United Arab Emirates.

Lockheed Martin and Boeing will know within a week which of them will develop and build a new 250-pound bomb for the U.S. Air Force, a deal valued at $2.5 billion. The Air Force will name one of the two companies as the prime contractor for the new Small Diameter Bomb (SDB), which was formerly known as the Miniaturized Munitions Capability.

On August 18th, Lockheed Martin celebrated the first production delivery of its F-16 Fighting Falcon, day-to-day 25 years ago. The F-16 has been one of the most successful military aircraft programs in history.

AeroGroup Inc., a commercial company providing flight training to Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 pilots, appears to be on its way out of Melbourne International Airport, Fla.

Boeing engineer accused of stealing classified F-16 information from the U.S. government has been arrested in Taiwan.

U.S. Air Force leaders are close to a decision on a sweeping, short-term upgrade to the smart bomb inventory that would equip the weapons with simple data links to allow them to track moving targets.

Under the Affordable Moving Surface Target Engagement (AMSTE) program, an AMSTE-equiped JDAM test-fired from an F-16 and guided by an E-8C JSTARS struck within three meters of a moving truck.