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Down Payment Made to Lockheed For F-16s
Aug 11, 2000 - Lockheed Martin received a $900 million down payment from the United Arab Emirates for the sale of 80 F-16 fighters to be assembled in Fort Worth. [Read more...]
Lockheed Sees 240 More F16s in 2000 Backlog
Aug 09, 2000 - Fighter plane deals with Greece, Israel and the UAE, among others, should help Lockheed Martin add 240 F16 jets to its order backlog by the end of 2000. [Read more...]
F-16 Chile Trip Raises Eyebrows
Aug 06, 2000 - Six F-16s and 84 airmen from the New Mexico ANG at Kirtland the "Tacos" will wing it to the Republic of Chile later this month to train with the Chilean air force. [Read more...]
Accord With Bahrain
Jul 31, 2000 - U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain Johnny Young has signed an accord to supply advanced military equipment to Bahrain. [Read more...]
South Korea signs for block 52 F-16s
Jul 26, 2000 - Lockheed Martin will supply a South Korean company with the parts and materials needed to build 20 new block 52 F-16 aircraft in a deal worth $700 million. [Read more...]
Denmark selects Thomson-CSF's new TLS 2010 radionavigation system
Jul 25, 2000 - The Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) has awarded Thomson-CSF Comsys a contract to equip its F-16 combat aircraft with the TLS 2010 Multi Mode Receiver (MMR), an all-new airborne radio navigation system. [Read more...]
Singapore Selects Pratt & Whitney Engines
Jul 24, 2000 - The Republic of Singapore Air Force has selected Pratt & Whitney's F-100-PW-229 engines to power its new fleet of 20 F-16 aircraft. Deliveries of the engines and associated equipment are scheduled to begin in March 2003. [Read more...]
Proposed foreign military sale to Portugal
Jul 24, 2000 - The government of Portugal has requested a possible sale for 20 Mid-Life Update (MLU) modification kits for Portuguese Air Force (PAF) F-16A/B aircraft. [Read more...]
Orbital to Supply Avionics for UAE F-16s
Jul 20, 2000 - Orbital Sciences Corporation's Fairchild Defense division is to provide an advanced version of its mass memory and data transfer equipment for the F-16 Block 60 fighter aircraft that were recently approved for sale by the US to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Orbital's onboard avionics will include terrain-referenced navigation and ground collision avoidance systems, as well as the company's state-of-the-art solid-state video recording capabilities. The contract from Lockheed Martin Corporation is valued in excess of $26 million. [Read more...]
United Arab Emirates Select F-16 Desert Falcon Training System
Jul 19, 2000 - The United Arab Emirates has chosen Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems-Akron's F-16 Block 60 Training System, a deal valued at $50 million over seven years. [Read more...]
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