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LMTAS Receives Tape 4 Contract Modification
Jun 12, 2000 - Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $24, 783, 000 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract to provide for incorporation of new capabilities and enhancements into the development effort for the Operational Flight Program Tape 4 for the F-16 aircraft. This effort supports foreign military sales to Taiwan. Expected contract completion date is Sept. 30, 2003. [Read more...]
Taiwan Buying U.S. Weapons Systems
Jun 07, 2000 - The Pentagon on Wednesday announced sales of two weapons systems to Taiwan designed to improve the defensive and navigation capabilities of its F-16 fighters. [Read more...]
Practice Bomb Lands Near SC Factory
Jun 06, 2000 - An F-16 fighter jet released a practice bomb off target, dropping it just outside a battery factory Wednesday. [Read more...]
Greece Picks F100-PW-229 Engines to Power F-16s
May 31, 2000 - The Government of Greece has announced its selection of Pratt & Whitney's F100-PW-229 engine as the propulsion system for its new procurement of 50 Lockheed Martin F-16 aircraft. With the Greek government as a customer, there are now 20 countries internationally using the F100 engine, in addition to the U.S. Air Force. [Read more...]
First International JDAM Sale: Boeing to Integrate Weapon on Israeli Aircraft
May 31, 2000 - The Boeing Company has received an $8. 2 million foreign military sales contract from the U.S. Air Force to integrate the Joint Direct Attack Munition on Israeli F-16 Peace Marble II & III aircraft. This contract marks the first international sale of JDAM. Boeing will deliver and integrate JDAM test kits for Mk-84, 2, 000-pound warheads onto the F-16. A production contract for an unspecified number of JDAM kits is expected later this year. [Read more...]
Northrop Grumman Introduces Upgraded AN/APG-68(V)XM Fire Control Radar System
May 24, 2000 - Northrop Grumman has announced the launch of a major upgrade to its fire control radar system for the Lockheed Martin F-16 C/D fighter aircraft. [Read more...]
USAF Extends Phase Maintenance Interval on Lockheed Martin Block 40/42/50/52 F-1
May 23, 2000 - The U.S. Air Force recently extended the phase maintenance interval for its fleet of more than 600 Block 40/42/50/52 F-16C/Ds, indicating increasing reliability of the aircraft as the fleet matures. [Read more...]
F-16s get too close to airliner
May 21, 2000 - Two U.S. Air Force F-16s returning from an air show came too close to an American Airlines jet and a small private plane this week outside Washington. [Read more...]
New 'smart weapons' and reconnaissance pod certified
May 19, 2000 - Two new 'smart weapons' and a new reconnaissance pod recently were certified for use on the F-16. The weapons, developed as result of lessons learned in the 1991 Gulf War, will significantly enhance the aircraft's combat effectiveness. [Read more...]
Turkish F-16s land in Greece
May 18, 2000 - Turkish fighter pilots saluted the commander of this Greek military airfield as they landed here Friday to join a NATO exercise that showed the remarkably improved relations between the longtime regional rivals. [Read more...]
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