Washington: American Firm, Lockheed Martin, has been awarded a $42.3 million contract to provide 10 upgrade kits for Pakistan’s F-16 A/B aircraft, under the Foreign Military Sales programme.
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 the Pakistan Air Force.
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 the Lockheed Martin C-130 transport, F-16 fighter and T-33 trainer, as well as the Cessna T-37 trainer.
Earlier this year the Pakistani 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.
