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Lockheed Martin announced it has achieved a significant production milestone with the delivery of its 4,300th F-16 aircraft yesterday. This aircraft will be in service for Oman.

Turkey has ordered a batch of Raytheon's Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW), the first international sale of the air-launched missile booked by the U.S. defense contractor.

Technical defects have been found in one of the first seven engines for F-16 fighter jets to be assembled by Polish aircraft maker Rzeszów, according to the Polish Press Agency on Wednesday.

The Israeli BVR Systems (1998) Ltd. today announced a contract valued at $2.7 million for the provision of F-16 MLU Improved Unit Line Trainer (IULT) for an international customer.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a $63.9 million contract to provide AN/APG-68(V)9 airborne radars for F-16 Block 52+ aircraft for the Hellenic Air Force.

BAE Systems is being awarded a US$9.33 million contract to provide for the hardware and software upgrade of the AN/ALR56M radar-warning receiver on the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) F-16s, the U.S. Department of Defense said Friday.

The Israeli Ministry of Defense has awarded Lockheed Martin an $18 million Foreign Military Funds (FMF) commercial contract to provide a Flight and Systems Trainer (FST) for Israeli F-16I pilot training. This trainer will be used to familiarize Israeli aircrews with the performance of the latest F-16 Block 52 aircraft.

A subsidiary of Raytheon Company has been awarded a $2.1 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to design and develop an interface modification for the existing Triple Ejection Rack (TER-9A) to expand the munitions capability of the F-16 aircraft.

Northrop Grumman Corporation's newest fiber optic gyro inertial navigation system, the LN-260, has been selected by the U.S. Air Force as an avionics upgrade for the F-16 Multinational Fighter Program aircraft fleet.

The U.S. government awarded a $99.7 million contract to Lockheed Martin on December 27 for long-lead tasks related to the production of 30 new Advanced Block 52+ aircraft for Greece.

Elbit Systems Ltd. Reported on Sunday that its subsidiary, Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop Ltd. has been selected by the Korean Air Force the South Korean Air Force with its EO/IR long range oblique imagery systems in F-16 aircraft.

A contract for the supply of intelligence and reconnaissance systems valued at $40M has been signed between RAFAEL Armament Development Authority Ltd. and the Dutch Ministry of Defence.

The US Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $7.5 million contract (time and materials) to provide for modification of 18 Dutch F-16 aircraft to Chile MLU configurations.

EDO MBM Technology Ltd, a U.K. business unit of EDO Corporation, has received a contract from the Royal Netherlands Air Force for F-16 pylon umbilicals equipped with its Field Replaceable Connector System (FRCS).

Lockheed Martin will present an F-16 cockpit demonstrator during the Fifth International Aviation Festival in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The show will be officially opened on September 6, 2005.