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Aeronautics giant Lockheed Martin has signed $55 million in contracts to upgrade and support the US-built F-16 air combat fleets of Morocco, Taiwan and Singapore, the US Department of Defense announced. [© FLICKR/ FORSVARSDEPARTEMENTET Boeing, Lockheed Battle for Contracts to Build Future Canadian Fighter Jets]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a $27 million modification contract to upgrade F-16 aircraft in support of Singapore’s F-16 program, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corporation has also received a $16.3 million Air Force contract to upgrade F-16 aircraft for Morocco and a $12.3 million Air Force contract to provide equipment required for reliability, performance and sustainability of 144 Taiwan F-16s, the Defense Department noted. All three deals come under the US Foreign Military Sales contracts program, the announcements added.
