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Air Force

Air Force Awards Lockheed Martin $95 Million For Omani F-16 Upgrades

Wednesday, October 17th, 2012

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The Air Force said Friday it awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $94.7 million firm-fixed-price contract to retrofit 12 F-16 C/D Block 60 multi-role fighter jets for Oman. Air Force spokeswoman Laura McGowan said Tuesday in an email the retrofit effort is for F-16 hardware and software. McGowan said she couldn’t elaborate on the specific hardware and software. McGowan said Lockheed Martin will design, develop, fabricate, integrate, test, verify, manufacture, deliver and support the retrofit requirements, which she said will bring…

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