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South Korea cancels BAE Systems’ KF-16 modernization contract

The Government of the Republic of Korea officially requested yesterday to cancel the KF-16 upgrading contract with BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Service of the USA. The contract worth $138 million was the lead part in a longer upgrading program covering the modernization of 134 Republic of Korea Air Force KF-16s. The contract was managed by the US Air Force under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) procurement.

Taiwan To Upgrade Half F-CK-1 of its Fleet By Year’s End

By year's end Taiwan plans to complete modernizing about half of the fleet of its locally built 'Indigenous Defense Fighter' (IDF). The upgrade will enable the Taiwan Air Force to maintain the aircraft in service through 2030.

Embraer Enters Unmanned Vehicles Market through Partnership with Elbit Systems, Santos...

Embraer Defense and Security division (Embraer Defesa e Segurança S.A) has entered into a strategic agreement with AEL Sistemas S.A ("AEL"), a wholly owned...

Rada Electronic Industries. Company Profile

RADA Electronic Industries Ltd is a defense electronics system house specializing in the design, development, production and sales of advanced electronic systems for airborne...

India’s Mirage 2000 Upgrading Program

In December 2010 India and France finalized the upgrading of 50 Indian Air Force Mirage 2000 aircraft, under a Rs 9,640 crore (US$2.15 billion)...

Innovative Generic Avionic Servers Provide the Core for a Comprehensive Avionic...

// The Israel Air Force is embarking on an ambitious avionics enhancement program that has the potential to upgrade the air force's...

New F-16 Avionics Upgrades Introduced at Farnborough 2008

Despite the plans to replace the Falcons, the F-16 is not going away too soon, and several companies, primarily U.S. based are responding to...

Keeping the Old Horses Flying

How the US Air Force Combat Command plans to Maintain its 'Shooters' Effective for Years to Come. Reliability and safety problems encountered with aging fighters...

New Avionics for the F-16 Vipers

Part I of a series covering the US Air Force Combat Command plans to Maintain its 'Shooters' Effective for Years to Come The F-16s (Vipers)...

A-10C Warthog Upgrade for the U.S. Air National Guard

The A-10 Prime Team led by Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) has received a $48 million award from the U.S. Air Force to produce 107 Precision...

New Procurement and Aircraft Upgrading

Aero India - 2007 The stars of Aero-India 07 were the MiG twins - MiG-35 and MiG-29M OVT. The MiG-35 utilizes the basic MiG-29M aerodynamic...

Modernization of the F-16 Fleet

To keep the F-16 family of fighters running at top performance, operating air forces worldwide are implementing various upgrading programs. The Common Configuration Implementation...

F-16 Software Upgrade

The F-16 fleet began receiving the M3+ (M3 is the designation for  European Air Forces) software version upgrade in the summer of 2004. The...

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