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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...]
Lockheed Martin Delivers First of New F-16 Configuration to USAF
Jul 04, 2000 - Lockheed Martin delivered the first of six F-16Cs in the Fiscal Year 1997 contract to the U.S. Air Force on July 5. These aircraft have several enhancements, including improved computers and cockpit displays, plus an on-board oxygen generation system. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin Delivers New F-16s to Bahrain
Jun 21, 2000 - June 22, 2000 Bahrain received the first of its new production F-16 aircraft today in ceremonies at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company. [Read more...]
U.S. Air Force Orders More F-16s
May 08, 2000 - The U.S. Air Force signed an order for nine more F-16s and associated Alternate Mission Equipment plus an option for one additional aircraft from Lockheed Martin. These aircraft are the first of the 30 F-16s the USAF plans to buy over the next several years as announced in the fiscal year 2000 president's budget. [Read more...]
Sanders to Provide U.A.E. 'Desert Falcon' Support Equipment
Mar 23, 2000 - Sanders, a Lockheed Martin Company, as a teammate to Lockheed Martin Information Systems, Fla., has been selected to design and develop flight line test equipment to support 80 United Arab Emirates (U. A. E. ) F-16s being produced by the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company in Ft. Worth, Texas. [Read more...]
Singapore accepts first F-16C/D with color cockpit
USAF F-16C block 42 #89-2002 assigned as the 425th FS commander's jet on the ramp at Luke AFB in February of 1996. The 425th FS F-16s were leased by the Republic of Singapore under the 'Peace Carvin III' program for training RSAF pilots at Luke AFB. [Photo by Kevin Patrick]
Nov 29, 1999 - The first new production Block 52 F-16C/D aircraft to incorporate color cockpits was delivered today to the Republic of Singapore Air Force as part of the Peace Carvin III program. [Read more...]
Simulcast of DVD-quality videos helps F-16 pilots safely train
Nov 08, 1999 - InfoValue Computing, Inc. announced that its Simulcast AAR video streaming technology has been selected by Lockheed Martin for use in the U.S. Air Force's next-generation F-16 Mission Training Centers. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin to start production phase of major F-16 avionics upgrade
Sep 07, 1999 - LMTAS received the first increment of a contract worth $108 million on Sept. 3, to begin kit production activities for the upgrade of 64 United States Air Force Block 50/52 F-16s. This effort is part of the F-16 Common Configuration Implementation Program (CCIP) that will configure nearly 700 USAF Block 50/52 and Block 40/42 F-16 aircraft with common avionics. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin demonstrates first supersonic call on F-16
Sep 06, 1999 - On Aug. 27 at 10:41 a. m., the collective efforts of Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems, AlliedSignal Inc., Iridium LLC and Sensor Systems Inc. brought an exciting new technology to flight for the first time in a high-performance tactical fighter. [Read more...]
F-16 phones home with Iridium
Jul 20, 1999 - LMTAS and AlliedSignal have entered into a cooperative agreement to demonstrate two-way satellite communication on a tactical fighter using the commercial Iridium system, a first for both Iridium and for any USAF fighter aircraft. [Read more...]
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