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U.S. State Department Approves Possible $4.2 Billion Sale to Jordan of 16 F-16s, Munitions

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, February 3rd, 2022

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U.S. State Department Approves Possible $4.2 Billion Sale to Jordan of 16 F-16s, Munitions

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The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $4.21 billion sale to Jordan of 12 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16C Block 70 fighters, four F-16D Block 70s, munitions, and relevant support services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said on Feb. 3. The sale also includes 21 Pratt & Whitney [RTX] F100-PW229EEP engines, 21 Northrop Grumman [NOC] AN/APG-83 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Scalable Agile Beam Radars (SABR), six Lockheed Martin AN/AAQ-33 Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP); 402 Northrop Grumman FMU-139…

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