Aircraft
F-16s Ordered for Slovakia; Bulgarian Buy Reinstated
Lockheed Martin has received the go-ahead to begin the construction of 14 F-16Vs for Slovakia, while the “on-off” Bulgaria deal is back on again
An F-16V impression depicts an aircraft with Slovak national insignia armed with eight AIM-120 AMRAAMs and AIM-9X Sidewinders. (graphic: Lockheed Martin)
An F-16V impression depicts an aircraft with Slovak national insignia armed with eight AIM-120 AMRAAMs and AIM-9X Sidewinders. (graphic: Lockheed Martin)

On July 31, the U.S. government awarded a contract worth just under $800 million to Lockheed Martin for the production of 14 F-16C/D Block 70 aircraft (marketed as F-16V) for the Slovak Republic. The deal is a Foreign Military Sales program managed by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio. Slovakia signed for the aircraft in December.


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