Lockheed Martin has marked a significant milestone with the departure of the first ferry cell of three F-16 Block 70 jets from Greenville, South Carolina, to Bahrain.
In a ceremony at Lockheed Martin's Greenville facility last week, deputy prime minister and minister of defence of the Slovak Republic, Robert Kaliňák, along with delegates from the United States and Slovakia, commemorated the delivery of Slovakia's first two F-16 Block 70 aircraft.
The Czech Republic government has signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) today, making official its intent to procure 24 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets.
PZL Mielec, a Lockheed Martin company and one of Poland’s longest established aircraft manufacturers, has completed the first F-16 Block 70/72 aft fuselage to be manufactured in Poland.
The US Navy has awarded Sikorsky a $2.7bn contract to build and deliver 35 additional CH-53K helicopters, the largest procurement to date for this multi-mission aircraft.