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Lockheed Martin flight tests more powerful engine for Block 60 F-16s
Jun 27, 2003 - Lockheed Martin has successfully completed the initial phase of flight testing of a more powerful engine for the latest version of the F-16, the Block 60. The engine is a General Electric F110-GE-132 turbofan engine which is derived form the current F110-GE-100 and F110-GE-129 engines powering the majority of F-16C/Ds world-wide. [Read more...]
Melbourne Authority wants Dutch F-16s out of airport
Jun 26, 2003 - The Melbourne Airport Authority wants F-16 fighter jets out of Melbourne International Airport (Florida - USA) because of the noise and safety issues they have created. [Read more...]
USAF exercises contract for F-16 CCIP upgrades
Jun 25, 2003 - The U.S. Air Force recently exercised a contract option associated with Phase III of the F-16 Common Configuration Implementation Program (CCIP) by awarding Lockheed Martin $26.6 million for retrofit kits to modify 22 Block 40/42 aircraft. [Read more...]
Singapore eyeing new Block 60's
Jun 24, 2003 - Singapore will soon short-list three candidates in the race for a contract to supply the city-state with a new squadron of fighter jets, Singapore's defence ministry said today. [Read more...]
Lockheed $40M for WCMD-ER development
Jun 17, 2003 - The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $40 million contract for development and test of an extended range (ER) version of its Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD). [Read more...]
Lockheed wins Omani F-16 order
Jun 17, 2003 - Lockheed Martin Corp is being awarded a $224 million contract to provide for the common recurring effort for 12 F-16/CD aircraft, alternate mission equipment and ferry preparation. [Read more...]
Curtiss-Wright to supply leading edge flap actuators for USAF F-16s
Jun 16, 2003 - Curtiss-Wright Corp. announced today that the US Departement of Defense has awarded its subsidiary Curtiss-Wright Controls a contract to supply leading edge flap actuators for the F-16. [Read more...]
Oman will obtain Harpoon missiles
May 29, 2003 - Officials said the Bush administration has approved plans for a second order of the advanced anti-ship missiles to Oman. They said the order is valued at nearly $22 million and is meant to provide the sultanates F-16 fleet with anti-ship capability. [Read more...]
Lockheed wins $279.9 mln deal for Chile F-16s
May 21, 2003 - The U.S. Air Force on Tuesday said it awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. a $279.9 million contract to pay for 10 F-16 fighter jets ordered by Chile under a deal first signed in March 2002. The money covers the first 14 months of work on the warplanes at Lockheed's plant in Fort Worth. It is the first sale of advanced U.S. warplanes to South America since the 1970s. [Read more...]
BVR Systems wins $5m deal to supply F-16 training center
May 21, 2003 - BVR Systems of Rosh Ha'ayin today announced that it won a contract worth $5 million to supply an F-16 training center to an unnamed foreign air force. BVR, which makes defense training and simulation systems, said the training center would comprise two F-16 training devices, a mission simulator and a tactical systems trainer. [Read more...]
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