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Lockheed Martin Gets $635 Million Job to Modernize F-16 Fleet

The U.S. government awarded a $635,000,000.00 contract to to Lockheed Martin to upgrade the Turkish Air Force's existing fleet of F- 16s. The deal calls for Lockheed Martin to provide 216 modernization kits to upgrade the Turkish Air Force's F-16s as well as provide flight testing, training, technical support and sustainment activities.

Lockheed said most of the work will be done at its facility here in Cowtown and at Tusas Aerospace Industries in Ankara, Turkey. The contract will run for ten years. The company did not say if the deal will bring any new jobs to its plant here. But it certainly doesn't hurt the employment situation.

Twenty-four different countries fly the F-16 which is built in Fort Worth.