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Okland Construction has won a potential $24 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army to design and build an F-35 operations, maintenance, administration and six-position maintenance hangar facility. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received 10 bids for the project through an online-based solicitation and obligated the full contract amount at the time of award from fiscal 2016 military […] More
Lockheed Martin Corp. is in talks with India to transfer the manufacturing base for the F-16 fighter jet to the country, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Nc Bipindra and Iain Marlow write the deal could authorize India along with the U.S. to approve which countries may buy an F-16 and related components. “Some components may be produced only […] More
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force have integrated two virtual fifth-generation F-22 Raptor aircraft with four fourth-generation F-16 Fighting Falcons during a live, virtual and constructive training exercise. The company said Monday its LVC Experimentation, Integration and Operations Suite system worked to provide networked simulators where virtual aircraft operated by aircrew members can participate in the same airspace as […] More
Lockheed Martin has proposed to transfer all production of the company’s F-16 fighter jet from its Fort Worth, Texas aeronautics facility to India in an effort to fulfill up to $15 billion in exports, Economic Times reported Thursday. Manu Pubby writes the U.S. government supports the Lockheed proposal to set up the F-16 line in India under a technology transfer agreement to […] More
A U.S. Air National Guard unit has discharged eight laser-guided bomb training units built by Lockheed Martin from a fighter aircraft during flight tests conducted at the Barry M. Goldwater Ranges near Gila Bend in Arizona. The ANG unit evaluated the Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds on the F-16C/D Block 40/42 aircraft and the ELGTR assessments indicated an accuracy of within 9.8 feet, Lockheed said […] More
Astronics has received a 24-month, $5 million contract to supply night-vision lighting systems for the F-16 jets of an unnamed country through the U.S. foreign military sales program. The contract calls for Astronics to design and develop a complete lighting system that will work to help pilots fly F-16s with night-vision goggles, the company said Wednesday. Astronics added the system will incorporate exterior and […] More
Draken International has deployed six A-4 Skyhawks with 28 pilots and maintainers from Nellis Air Force Base in support of the U.S. Air Force‘s Air Education and Training Command’s exercises. The company said Wednesday it flew 36 sorties for the Air Force’s F-16 requalification training at the Luke Air Force Base and AETC’s F-35 coalition instructor pilot training to deliver Red […] More
Lockheed Martin has delivered 14 of 29 Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods to the Netherlands for installation on its air force’s F-16 aircraft as part of a contract awarded in 2015. The company said Wednesday it delivered five of the Sniper ATPs within 180 days of the award, while the overall delivery also includes initial training services, spare parts […] More
The U.S. Air Force has started to field a BAE Systems-built laser-guided rocket technology on the service branch’s F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft to support ongoing combat missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. It marks the first time that BAE’s Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System has been deployed on fixed-wing Air Force aircraft, the company said Wednesday. “The APKWS fixed-wing fielding […] More
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a five-year, $21.5 million contract to Meggitt Safety Systems to provide two-seat canopy actuators for the F-16 jets of the U.S. Air Force and foreign military customers. DLA’s aviation unit received two bids for the firm-fixed-price contract through a competitive acquisition process and will obligate fiscal year 2016 through fiscal 2021 defense working capital and foreign military sales […] More
Harris subsidiary Exelis has been awarded a potential five-year, $12.3 million contract by the U.S. Navy to provide engineering services and software support equipment for multiple airborne countermeasure systems. The Defense Department said Monday Exelis will support the Navy’s AN/ALQ-165 self-protection jammers, AN/ALQ-214 integrated defensive electronic countermeasures as well as the service branch’s aircraft self-protection and software modernization projects. […] More
Denmark’s government has issued a recommendation for the military to purchase $3 billion in Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter jets to replace the country’s legacy F-16 jets that are slated for retirement, Defense News reported Wednesday. Lara Seligman and Gerard O’Dwyer write that Denmark’s legislature will debate the blueprint for close to a month before the country arrives at a final decision. […] More
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