F-16 Fighting Falcon News

May 11, 2000 (by Lieven Dewitte) - Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $6, 844, 380 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide for engineering and manufacturing development of a Bomb Impact Assessment Modification in support of the Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) system on the F-15 and F-16 aircraft. This modification is intended to integrate a radiometer and digital recorder into the LANTIRN pod to provide an enhanced capability for bomb impact assessment.
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $6, 496, 000 (not-to-exceed) firm-fixed-price contract to provide for incorporation of the Air-to-Air Interrogator friend-or-foe system into nine F-16 aircraft. Expected contract completion date is Dec. 31, 2002.