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Northrop Grumman Systems received a $730 million contract for covering up to 514 AN/APG-68(V)9 radar systems.

F-16 shoots down ballistic missile

Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Raytheon successfully flight tested a key component of the Network Centric Airborne Defense Element (NCADE) missile defense system with the intercept of a test ballistic missile.
A handful of F-16s from Montana's ANG 120th Fighter Wing has begun using Davis-Monthan Air Force Base as part of the annual Operation Snowbird.

RAFO F-16s use ARS pod

Thursday, November 29, 2007
The Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) has fielded a new digital imagery intelligence system for the first time on its fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 50s.
Northrop Grumman is designing a new active array radar for the Lockheed Martin F-16, as the company seeks to defend its suddenly vulnerable monopoly on the fighter's main sensor equipment.
EADS Defence & Security successfully completed the first flight tests of its MILDS F Missile Warning System (AN/AAR-60(V)2) on a Royal Danish Air Force F-16 combat jets.

TAI delivers RJAFs first modernized F-16

Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) delivered the first modified aircraft to the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) during a hand over ceremony at it facilites on October 17th.
A judgment of nearly $900,000 has been reached in a lawsuit that alleged a military contractor sold faulty seals for F-16 fighter jets to the U.S. Air Force.
L-3 Communications has been awarded an $18.8 million contract from the USAF's Aeronautical Systems Center to build an F-16C Block 52+ Aircrew Training Device (ATD) for the Hellenic Air Force.
Korean Air’s Aerospace Division has been rewarded by the US Air Force for its depot maintenance capabilities and credibility with a new contract order for F-16s.

Israel to advance F-16 upgrades

Monday, July 16, 2007
The Israeli Air Force (IDF/AF) is to enhance the combat effectiveness of its 125 Lockheed Martin F-16C/D fighters.
NASA is looking into the possibility of returning one of the two F-16XLs back into flyable status.
The Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD) Team successfully accomplished its first powered flight during a test mission from Eglin AFB on April 30.
Boeing has been awarded a $19 million U.S. Air Force contract to provide Mission Training Center (MTC) services for F-16 pilots at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.; Misawa Air Base in Japan; and Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany.
InterSense Inc., have won new contracts from the L-3 Communications Link Simulation and Training division to supply helmet tracking systems for flight simulators used by both the USAF and ANG F-16 aircrews.

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