Breaking news
BAE Systems awarded a $200 mn contract for F-16 fighter aircraft support equipment.
| 2015
| a | |||
| |
|||
World
Defense & Security Industry News - BAE Systems |
|||
| BAE Systems awarded a $200 mn contract for F-16 fighter aircraft support equipment | |||
BAE
Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, New
Hampshire, has been awarded a $221,000,000 contract for F-16
support equipment and related services, announced yesterday the US DoD.
Work will be performed at Nashua, New Hampshire and Ft. Worth, Texas,
and is expected to be complete by February 4, 2020. |
|||
Indonesian Air Forces' F-16
A/B Fighting Falcon aircraft |
|||
This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition and is 100 percent
foreign military sales to multiple countries including Morocco (24), Egypt
(220), Oman (12), Pakistan (76), Indonesia (10) and Portugal (30). Air
Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the
contracting activity. BAE Systems' electronics businesses provide flight and engine controls, electronic warfare and night vision systems, surveillance and reconnaissance sensors, secure networked communications equipment, and energy management systems. The General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the USAF. Over 4,500 F-16 aircraft have been built since production was approved in 1976. Although no longer being purchased by the U.S. Air Force, improved versions are still being built for export customers. |
|||