Israel has signed a letter of offer and acceptance with the US Government for 52 Lockheed MartinF-16Is, converting options taken when it ordered 50 fighters in January last year. Lockheed Martin says the deal is worth $2 billion, with the aircraft element priced at $1.3 billion. The aircraft will be powered by Pratt &Whitney F100-229 engines and equipped with Israeli-built systems.
Source: Flight International
US Special Operations Command is lowering its procurement target for the L3Harris OA-1K armed reconnaissance turboprop to 62 aircraft from the original target of 75, after scrutiny from government auditors.
US defence manufacturer Northrop Grumman says subsidiary Scaled Composites has successfully flown a low-cost, single-engined piloted jet called the Model 437 Vanguard.
Ukraine has repeated a call for its Western allies to allow it to begin using donated air-launched cruise missiles and other advanced weapons to strike military targets inside Russia.
