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Lockheed Martin awarded $800 million Slovakia F-16 fighter jet contract
Aug 01, 2019 - Lockheed Martin Corp., doing business as Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a $799,955,939 firm-fixed-price incentive contract for F-16 aircraft production. [Read more...]
Bahrain requests $750M worth weapons for F-16V block 70 fighters
May 08, 2019 - The Government of Bahrain has requested to buy $750 million worth weapons to support its fleet of F-16 Block 70/F-16V aircraft from the United States. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin inaugurates F-16 production line in Greenville
Apr 23, 2019 - Lockheed Martin hosted a ceremony to celebrate its new F-16 production line in Greenville, South Carolina. F-16 tooling and equipment previously in Fort Worth, Texas, has since been installed in a newly-refurbished hangar in Greenville, where the company will begin manufacturing F-16 Block 70 aircraft later this year. [Read more...]
Morocco approved to buy 25 F-16Vs and upgrade 23 others
Mar 26, 2019 - The U.S. State Department has cleared Morocco for a major increase to its F-16 fleet, including both the purchase of 25 F-16C/D Block 72s and upgrades of its existing 23 F‑16s to the more advanced F‑16V Block 52+ configuration. [Read more...]
Greece to upgrade 85 F-16s to Block 70/72 Viper configuration
Sep 15, 2018 - Lockheed Martin announced that it will launch the upgrade of 85 Greek F-16s to the Block 70/72 Viper configuration on Monday. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin awarded contract to build F-16 Block 70s for Bahrain
Jun 25, 2018 - Lockheed Martin received a $1.12 billion contract from the U.S. government to produce 16 new F-16 Block 70 aircraft for the Royal Bahraini Air Force. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin signs pact with Tata to build F-16 block 70s in India
Jun 20, 2017 - Lockheed Martin and India's Tata Group formalized an agreement to relocate the manufacturing of the most advanced F-16s to India. The effort is aimed at securing a multi-billion dollar deal from Delhi. [Read more...]
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