Lockheed Martin Gets $1.1B F-16 Jets Contract for Solvak Republic, Iraq

Lockheed Martin has won $1.125 Billion in two contracts to supply 14 F-16 jets to Slovak Republic and to provide logistics support for Iraq’s F-16 fleet.

In the first contract, Lockheed Martin Corp has been awarded a $799,955,939 contract for the production and support of 14 Slovak Republic F-16 block 70 aircraft.

Work will be performed at Greenville, South Carolina, and is expected to be completed by January 2024. This contract award involves 100% foreign military sales to the Slovak Republic. This award is the result of a Slovak Republic conducted competition.

In the second, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has been awarded a $315,604,174 contract, for F-16 Contractor Logistics Support Phase IV. This contract provides the contractor logistics support and establish a training detachment at Balad Air Base, Iraq, for the government of lraq. Work will be performed at Balad Air Base, Iraq; and Greenville, South Carolina, and is expected to be complete by December 2022.