Air Force to award major F-16 foreign military sales contract Friday

By Sara Sirota / August 13, 2020 at 2:14 PM
(Editor's Note: This story has been updated to include a statement from the Air Force's F-16 program manager.) The Air Force is slated to award Lockheed Martin a first-of-its-kind indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract tomorrow to sell foreign militaries commoditized F-16 fighter jets off the latest Block 70 production line. Air Force spokesman Brian Brackens confirmed the timing of the deal in an email today to Inside Defense . He previously said the 10-year contract would be worth up to $62...

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