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The U.S. Air Force is awarding Lockheed Martin a $144.1 million contract for materials that will be used in advanced F-16 fighter aircraft bound for Pakistan, the U.S. Defense Department said on Tuesday.

Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul was in Pakistan attending the IDEAS 2006 Defense Industry Fair where he met with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday.

US defense news magazine "Defense News" reports that the US Air Force might buy twenty Python 5 Full Sphere air-to-air missiles from Rafael, for an F-16 fighter squadron stationed at Nevada.

Today at Eglin Air Force, Raytheon reported it has successfully deployed its ADM-160B decoy under a series of flight tests held during the summer.

MTC Technologies announced the delivery of the first production Digital Video Recorder (DVR) to the U.S. Air Force F-16 Systems Program Office at Hill AFB, Utah.

The US Air Forces Europe (USAFE) 555th 'Triple Nickel' F-16 Fighter Squadron has successfully completed its first air-to-air missile firing against Qinetiq's Mirach Aerial Target.

The first F100-PW-229 engine manufactured at the Pratt & Whitney WSK PZL-Rzeszów facility debuted during an inaugural aerial exercise of Poland's new F-16 aircraft at the Polish Peace Sky Program ceremony held at Lockheed Martin on Sept. 15.

Nordam has been chosen as a contractor to make parts for the U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets. They will make the leading edge flaps and engine access covers for the Viper

Orbit International, an electronics manufacturer and supplier, announced that its Power Units Segment, Behlman has received two new development orders in support of the F-16 program totaling $340,000.

Raytheon has received a $20.7 million contract award for continued production of its ALE-50 line of towed decoys.

ViaSat Inc. announced Aug. 16 that it will supply an additional 194 units of the company's high-capacity, jam-resistant, digital data and voice communications systems to the Turkish Air Force.

Pratt & Whitney, the U.S. specialist in the design, manufacture, and support of turbine engines had discussions with Bulgarian officials about their interest in purchasing F-16 fighter jets powered by their P&W F100 engine.

Raytheon has begun work on an upgrade of the Advanced Self-Protection Integrated Suite (ASPIS) electronic warfare systems in the F-16 fighters recently acquired by the Hellenic Air Force (HAF).

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a Mission Planning Enterprise Contract (MPEC) delivery order to upgrade components for the U.S. Air Force's fleet of F-16 Block 40 and 50 aircraft.

Today, EDO Corp said it entered into teaming agreement with Terma A/S to jointly develop an Enhanced Smart Triple Ejector Rack (ESTER) to be used on under-wing F-16 weapons stores.