Lockheed Martin to Produce F-16 Viper Shield Electronic Warfare Systems for Bahrain, Bulgaria, Morocco, Slovakia, and Taiwan
The contract is valued $520.4 million
Lockheed Martin has won a $520.4 million modification to a previously awarded contract for the production of the Block 70/72 F-16 Viper Shield electronic warfare suite under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program.
The contract modification allows Lockheed Martin to begin production tasks, expanding the current long lead materials contract.
The modification increases the total cumulative face value of the contract to $897.4 million. The work will be carried out at Lockheed Martin’s facility in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed by June 30, 2028.
The FMS program includes sales to the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Kingdom of Morocco, the Slovak Republic, and the Taiwan Air Force.
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