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The first F-16 aircraft in the Block 70 configuration has carried out its inaugural flight at Lockheed Martin‘s production site in Greenville, South Carolina. Lockheed test pilots flew the fighter jet for about 50 minutes to check its engine, flight control and fuel system and perform basic aircraft handling, the company said Tuesday. “This milestone […] More
Collins Aerospace demonstrated flight readiness and system performance of its multispectral sensor technology for an unnamed international client during a recent test that involved an F-16 jet. The event marked the initial flight trial of MS-110 reconnaissance pod, which is designed to collect imagery and facilitate target detection, Collins Aerospace said Monday. The Raytheon Technologies business […] More
Valiant Integrated Services has been awarded a 10-year, $255 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide F-16 aircraft maintenance and pilot differences training to partner nation air forces worldwide. Dan Corbett, CEO of Valiant, said in a statement released Thursday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is in line with the company’s strategy to expand its […] More
The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman have equipped the Air National Guard’s F-16 fighter jets with fifth-generation radar capabilities through the installation of the AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar system. The Northrop-built APG-83 SABR active electronically scanned array radar provides greater bandwidth that could enable F-16 pilots to detect, identify and track targets at […] More
An electronic warfare system Northrop Grumman is developing for the U.S. Air Force’s F-16 aircraft fleet will undergo a series of verification tests. A rigorous testing program for the Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite will aim to verify hardware and software before the service branch flies the new technology on its combat jet, Northrop said […] More
Northrop Grumman has received an unpriced change order from the U.S. Air Force to prepare for the development of a next-generation electronic warfare system for the F-16 aircraft. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center said Monday a multi-million dollar contract modification is expected to be awarded within the year for the completion and installation […] More
A Raytheon Technologies subsidiary has received $30 million worth of contracts to modernize the open-architecture radar warning receivers on the U.S. Air Force’s F-16 fighter fleet. The updates are aimed at enabling the AN/ALR-69A(V) all-digital radar warning receiver to detect new and advanced threat signals emitted by enemy systems, Raytheon Intelligence and Space said Thursday. […] More
Lockheed Martin has completed the first delivery of an F-16 aircraft to the U.S. Air Force under a program to sustain the jets and provide associated life cycle support for the fleet. The company said it worked on and eventually sent back the F-16 unit to USAF as part of the F-16 Sustainment Depot program, […] More
Unmanned aircraft systems made by General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business demonstrated collaborative sensing with a Lockheed Martin-built sensor within a two-hour flight. General Atomics said Monday it deployed two Avenger UAS that used Lockheed’s Legion Pod to passively gather data on long-range air threats then transmitted the input to a ground-based command center. The Legion […] More
AAR will provide maintenance, sustainment and support services to the U.S. Air Forces in Europe’s F-16 fighter jet aircraft under a ten-year, $365 million contract with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. The firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers F-16 avionics, structural depot-level repair and maintenance, Service Life Extension Program modifications and other sustainment support services, AAR said […] More
A Mielec, Poland-headquartered business arm of Lockheed Martin has joined the global F-16 program as a manufacturer of major components and assemblies for the upcoming Block 70/72 of the fighter aircraft. PZL Mielec will begin production of F-16 Block 70/72 rear fuselage, center fuselage, cockpit side panel and forward equipment bay in 2022 from its […] More
The Air National Guard has demonstrated the performance of a Northrop Grumman-made active electronically scanned array radar pod using an F-16 aircraft. The AN/ASQ-236 Dragon’s Eye radar pod is designed to help pilots detect, track and engage multiple targets regardless of the weather, Northrop said Thursday. Dragon’s Eye uses a Ku-band radar to provide situational […] More
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