Lockheed Martin Corp is being awarded a $183.7 million contract to provide a maximum of 1,212 retrofit kits for equipping F-16 C and D version fighter planes with the On Board Oxygen Generating System (OBOGS).

Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $6,8 million contract to procure four separate line items of initial spare parts for the Oman Air Force in support of their F-16 aircraft consisting of two antennas for $1,360,564; three Radar Cores for $108,516; three Medium Duty Transmitter for $2,817,791; and two radar fire control for $1,812,282.

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company has selected BFGoodrich Aerospace to supply an advanced wheel and carbon brake system for 80 F-16 Block 60 aircraft.

The AIM-9X Sidewinder short-range, air-to-air missile, under development by Raytheon, has been approved by the Department of Defense for low rate initial production (LRIP). This key decision was formalized Sept. 22 when Dr. Jacques S. Gansler, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, signed the AIM-9X LRIP Acquisition Decision Memorandum.

Astronics Corporation has received three additional orders totaling $5. 6 million for products related to its F-16 Night Vision program with the United States Air Force.

Lockheed Martin is being awarded a $1. 34 billion firm-fixed-price contract to provide 50 F-16 planes to Greece, associated Alternate Mission Equipment, and ferry preparation. The contract was for 34-C and 17-D aircraft models and will be paid by the United States as part of its foreign military sales program.

Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. announced that the company has received an order from Thomson Training and Simulation Ltd. for sensor systems to enhance six simulators for European F-16 Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) customers.

The BFGoodrich Company has been selected by the U.S. Air Force to upgrade more than 750 F-16s with the company's advanced wheels and carbon brakes.

Lockheed Martin has won a seven-year contract, valued at $176 million, to build F-16 Mission Training Centers (MTCs) for use by the USAF ACC, announced the Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Astronics Corporation today announced that the United States Air Force exercised its first option with respect to the F-16 night vision lighting contract awarded to its Luminescent Systems subsidiary in early 1998.

Lockheed Martin moves ahead with its plans to lay off 1, 500 to 2, 000 workers at its Tactical Aircraft Systems facility in Fort Worth.