Turkey F-16 Upgrade Sent To Congress For Review

Credit: Tony Osborne/Aviation Week. Turkish officials have confirmed plans to upgrade part of the country’s Lockheed Martin F-16 fleet with a domestically developed active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar. 

U.S. government agencies have cleared Turkey to import software and avionics upgrades for its fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters. The Defense Security and Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has provided notice of the sale to Congress, where key lawmakers have objected to approving any new arms export to...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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