
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received a 10-year, $62 billion contract to deliver F-16 aircraft for foreign military sales, the Pentagon said Friday. The contract includes an initial delivery order worth nearly $5 billion and covering 90 aircraft. The announcement doesn’t specify which countries will be receiving the F-16s. However, the State Department last August approved an $8 billion deal with Taiwan for 66 F-16C/D Block 70 aircraft (Defense Daily, Oct. 7 2019). The State Department also approved a $3.8 billion…