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Egypt signs agreement for 24 more F-16s
Jun 02, 1999 - The Government of Egypt signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) for 24 more F-16 aircraft on June 3, 1999. The total estimated value of the program is approximately $1 billion. [Read more...]
LMTAS receives order for additional F-16 MLU kits
Feb 14, 1999 - LMTAS received authorization for executing an option for 18 additional F-16A/B Mid-Life Update (MLU) kits for the Belgian Air Force. The authorization was received on January 22, 1999, and is valued at $46million. [Read more...]
Falcon 4.0 is flying high
Dec 23, 1998 - Hasbro Interactive's ultimate flight simulation game, Falcon 4. 0, from MicroProse is receiving stellar reviews from PC game enthusiasts across the globe. [Read more...]
Pentagon Puts Off JDAM
Nov 29, 1998 - The Air Force and the Pentagon, citing testing problems, are delaying full production of The Boeing Co. 's top smart bomb by a year - a move that could slow orders to the tune of as much as $3 billion, according to Air Force officials and documents. The Pentagon delayed the full-rate production decision for the high-profile Joint Direct Attack Munition, or JDAM, to April 1999 from this April after tests showed severe shock waves hammering and cracking the bomb's tail kit as it hangs from the wing of a Navy F-18 fighter. The bomb, guided by Global Positioning System satellite links, is designed to be dropped from many Air Force and Navy aircraft, including theB-2 bomber, and F-16, F-15 and F-18 fighter aircraft. The problem is confined to one bomb rack location on the F-18. [Read more...]
United Arab Emirates Announces Decision to Purchase 80 F-16s
May 11, 1998 - The government of the United Arab Emirates today announced that it has selected Lockheed Martin's new F-16Block 60s as its advanced fighter aircraft. The total program including weapons and support is valued at approximately $7 billion. A contract with the U. A. E. is expected to be signed later this year. Aircraft deliveries are expected to begin in 2002. We understand the United States has also agreed to sell the Emirates HARM missiles designed to destroy enemy radars as well as advanced AMRAAM anti-aircraft missiles, both carried by the F-16. As of May 1, Lockheed Martin had delivered more than 3, 700 F-16 aircraft to the air forces of 19 countries. The company's contracted backlog as of May 1 includes orders for approximately 260 additional F-16s, not counting the 80 in the U. A. E. sale. The "Block 60" is the most sophisticated version of the F-16. The export order, the first for this model, will secure some 30, 000 U.S. jobs. [Read more...]
Singapore Air Force accepts first Block 52 F-16
RSAF F-16D Block 52 #638 was the first aircraft delivered under the Peace Carvin II deal. All F-16Ds in this deal have the dorsal spine. [<a href="http://www.lmtas.com" target="new">LMTAS</a> photo]
Apr 08, 1998 - The RSAF has taken delivery of the first of 30 Block 52 F-16CJ/DJs ordered from LMTAS. In a ceremony at Fort Worth, Chief of Singapore Defense Forces Lt. Gen. Bey Soo Khiang, formally accepted an F-16D with serial #94-0274. [Read more...]
Lockheed moves ahead with layoff plans at Fort Worth
Mar 09, 1998 - Lockheed Martin moves ahead with its plans to lay off 1, 500 to 2, 000 workers at its Tactical Aircraft Systems facility in Fort Worth. [Read more...]
Polish jet fighter tender likely after NATO entry
Mar 06, 1998 - Poland will probably invite bids to replace some of its old communist-era jet fighters only after it joins NATO next year, Prime Minister Jerzy Buzeksaid on Friday. [Read more...]
Fighter Jet Programs in Asia undeterred by turmoil
Feb 22, 1998 - US defense aviation manufacturer Lockheed Martin said its F-16 and F-2 fighter jet programs in Asia were proceeding as scheduled despite the economic crisis in the region. [Read more...]
Lockheed's F-16 gets the cold shoulder in Clinton's arms budget
Feb 01, 1998 - The Clinton administration released today a $257 billion defense budget for fiscal 1999 that would boost production of the Bell-Boeing V-22Osprey, but contains no orders for Lockheed Martin's F-16 fighter. [Read more...]
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