Lockheed Martin to build new F-16 aircraft for BahrainUS-based Lockheed Martin, a global security and aerospace company, has received a $1.2 billion contract from the US government to produce 16 new F-16 Block 70 aircraft for the Royal Bahraini Air Force. The Undefinitised Contract A More… |
US approves Boeing, Lockheed fighter jet sales to GulfThe US on Wednesday began notifying lawmakers that it has approved $7 billion in long-stalled sales of Boeing Co fighter jets to Kuwait and Qatar, and more than $1 billion in Lockheed Martin Corp jets to Bahrain, sources familiar with the decisi More… |
Bahrain F-16 crashes in Saudi ArabiaA Bahraini F-16 jet taking part in a mostly Gulf Arab military campaign in Yemen crashed in southern Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, according to a coalition statement on the Saudi state news agency. The pilot survived after the plane More… |
US approves $150m deal for Bahrain F-16 supportThe US government on Friday said it approved a possible sale of $150 million worth of equipment to Bahrain to maintain its fleet of Lockheed Martin Corp F-16 fighter jets. The Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which ov More… |
Bahrain mulls $150m F-16 jets maintenance planA deal worth $150 million to maintain Bahrain’s fleet of F-16 fighter jets could soon be struck with a US contractor. If approved, the sale will include support and communications equipment, ammunition, training, spare and r More… |
Lockheed to buy Sikorsky for $8 billionLockheed Martin Corp has agreed to buy United Technologies Corp's Sikorsky Aircraft for over $8 billion, two sources said on Sunday, cementing a deal that would confirm Lockheed's dominance in weapons making and giving the Black Hawk hel More… |
Lockheed to buy Sikorsky for $8 billionLockheed Martin Corp has agreed to buy United Technologies Corp's Sikorsky Aircraft for over $8 billion, two sources said on Sunday, cementing a deal that would confirm Lockheed's dominance in weapons making and giving the Black Hawk hel More… |
First batch of F-16 jets arrives in IraqIraq received a first batch of F-16 fighter jets from the United States on Monday, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office said. Iraq ordered 36 of the $65 million Lockheed Martin Corp planes, but initial deliveries were delay More… |
Moroccan F-16 jet goes missing in YemenA Moroccan F-16 warplane taking part in the Saudi Arabian-led coalition fighting in Yemen went missing on Sunday, the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces said in a statement. Backed by the United States, a Saudi-led coalition has been con More… |
Iraq to get first of 36 F-16s this weekLockheed Martin Corp this week will deliver the first of 36 F-16 fighter jets to Iraq, marking what Baghdad's envoy to the United States called a "new chapter" in his country's ability to defend its vast borders with Iran and o More… |