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Lockheed to provide Pakistan with 10 F-16 upgrade kits
KARACHI: United States Lockheed Martin has secured a $42.3 million contract to provide 10 upgrade kits for Pakistan's F-16 A/B aircraft, under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program.
The upgrade kit deal follows a late July announcement that specialist communications producer L-3 Communications was awarded a contract to build two F-16C Block 52 aircrew training devices for Pakistan Air Force PAF.
In late May, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced that Pakistan had requested a FMS deal to acquire spare parts for a number of its aircraft, including Lockheed Martin C-130 transport, F-16 fighter and T-33 trainer, as well as the Cessna T-37 trainer, report said.
Early this year Pakistan Air Force inducted 17 new F-16 Block 52+ fighters into 5 Squadron - part of an 18-aircraft deal signed in 2006. Pakistan's 34 F-16A/B Block 15 aircraft are also undergoing mid-life upgrades. (PPI)
Courtesy www.geo.tv