BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) has been deployed on the US Air Force’s Lockheed Martin F-16 - the first time the service has used the weapon on a fixed-wing aircraft.
The laser-guided rocket is being used on board aircraft supporting operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, BAE says, and is part of an urgent operational requirement that also covers its potential use on the Fairchild Republic A-10.
F-16V ..... un nuovo radar ..... e non solo quello .....
“We are taking technologies from the F-22 and F-35 and rolling it into the F-16,” he says.
"The latest kid on the block is the F-16V – it’s an upgrade programme for existing F-16s and the natural next step for those existing and emerging customers of the jet."
More than 3,000 F-16s remain in service, he adds.
The Northrop Grumman APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar, a development of the APG-81 in the F-35, is the jewel in the F-16V’s crown.
robygun82 ha scritto:Supersonici non credo, avrebbe polverizzato i vetri di mezza Istanbul ..
Era semplicemente coi postbruciatori accesi ..
In effetti .....
Jets from Akinci piloted by the rebels roared low over Istanbul and Ankara repeatedly during the chaos of Friday night, shattering windows and terrifying civilians with sonic booms.
The threat pilots face during exercises over Nellis AFB, Nev., will soon have a new look.
Last week, the 64th Aggressor Squadron unveiled a new ‘splinter’ paint scheme for their F-16s.
The pattern of white, gray, and blue patches with sharp edges “is a means of representing threats more accurately,” said Capt. Ken Spiro, chief of intelligence for 64th AGRS .....
Missili IRIS-T per gli F-16 (di prima generazione) aggiornati della Royal Thai Air Force .....
The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has integrated the Diehl BGT Defence IRIS-T missile as part of a mid-life upgrade (MLU) for its Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs.
The air-to-air missile was seen for the first time on F-16s that are currently deployed to Australia for a multinational exercise.
The IRIS-T is among a package of improvements fitted onto some of the RTAF’s F-16s that also includes the Northrop-Grumman AN/APG-68(v)9 radar, Link 16 datalink, the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS), Terma ALQ-213 Electronic Warfare Management System and improved night-fighting capabilities.
Qualche minuto fa c'era una coppia di F-16 che ha fatto un paio di manovre direttamente sulla mia verticale, spettacolo! Spostandosi verso la bassa reggiana sono saliti con un mezzo loop per invertire la rotta, sagoma inconfondibile e condensa sulle ali, un casino immane
Si potevano seguire anche su fr24, PYTHN2, da Aviano.
Pakistani F-16s flew more than 7,700 miles to participate in Red Flag 16-4 at Nellis AFB, Nev., last month.
The training, conducted Aug. 15-26, allowed the US and Pakistani air forces to improve integration, according to a 99th Air Base Wing release.
Six used Lockheed Martin F-16s will be delivered to the Romanian air force in Portugal on 28 September, the nation's defence minister announced on 27 September.
The aircraft – which already bear the Romanian service's tricolour roundel – are the first batch from a 12-aircraft deal with the Portugese government signed in 2013.
RoKAF.. parte il programma di aggiornamento degli F-16 .....
After a lengthy negotiating process, the South Korean government awarded a $1.2 billion contract to upgrade 134 Lockheed Martin F-16C/Ds to the F-16V standard, the US Department of Defense announced on 18 November.
The award comes more 16 months after the US State Department cleared South Korea to purchase the upgrade package, which includes the Northrop Grumman APG-81 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR), new modular mission computers, upgraded electronic warfare suites and second generation joint helmet mounted cueing systems.
Senior Airman Daniel Lasal, a 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, performs a post-flight inspection on an F-16 Fighting Falcon Nov. 15, 2016, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.
Aircraft maintainers perform six hours or more of post-flight inspections after each sortie.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Katherine Spessa) .
Raytheon will upgrade the Modular Mission Computer (MMC), which manages fire control, weapons management information and head-up display symbology data, among other functions. The company says the new mission computer will have twice the current processing power and 40 times the current memory.
The Air Force says it needs the beefed-up computing capability in order to support emerging capabilities such as advanced radar and high-definition video.
“The latest upgrade to the computer was fielded in 2013, and a lot of these newer capabilities are going to require greater processing speed, greater throughout,” said John Weyrick, Air Force program manager for the F-16 computer upgrades.
The F-16 Falcon will live to fight another day, or at least another 4,000 hours, according to the US Air Force and Lockheed Martin.
The USAF authorized extending the F-16’s service life from its original 8,000 flight hours to 12,000 flight hours, a 12 April Lockheed release states.
After performing SLEP modifications, the service will be able to operate the Block 40 through 52 aircraft beyond 2048, according to Lockheed.
The authorization marks a milestone within the USAF’s seven-year SLEP, according to Susan Ouzts, vice president of Lockheed Martin's F-16 programme.
Si prospettano altri 30 anni di vita per gli F-16 dell' USAF ......
The US Air Force has released a request for proposals for a contract to beef up the structures on on a subset of the Lockheed Martin F-16 fleet to keep the single-engined fighter in service for at least 30 more years.
In April, the USAF authorized a plan to extend the F-16C/D model’s service life from its original 8,000 flight hours to 12,000 flight hours.
A June notice increased that extension to 13,856 equivalent flight hours.
The SLEP would keep up to 300 Block 40 through Block 52 F-16s flying beyond 2048, with an option to extend the requirement to 489 F-16s.
Fort Worth ..... la fine di un' epoca .....
Chiude la linea di montaggio degli F-16 ..... verrà spostata a Greenville, South Carolina .....
Lockheed Martin’s last F-16 produced at its Fort Worth, Texas facility rolled out the door on 14 November, marking the end of a 40-year era for the single-engined fighter.
The last Texas-made F-16 will fly with the Iraqi air force, but over the last four decades the fourth-generation fighter has flown with 28 customers around the globe, from the US Air Force and NASA, to Israel, Venezuela and Poland.
“The Fighting Falcon Nest,” as it affectionately referred to by Lockheed employees, is dwarfed by a F-35 production line that already stretches the length of several football fields.
Sarà pure vecchiotto ..... ma, grazie ai recenti aggiornamenti, continua a destare considerevole interesse .....
Following the recent order for 16 F-16V Block 70 fighters for Bahrain, and the announcement last week that Slovakia has selected 14 of the same version to replace its aging MiG-29 fighters, the Lockheed Martin F-16 is underlining its credentials in the fighter marketplace.
Although the prototype first flew in January 1974, the type remains a force to be reckoned with in competition with much younger rivals.
“We’re seeing a remarkable resurgence in interest in the F-16,” remarked Randy Howard, Lockheed Martin’s F-16 business development executive.
“A lot of it has to do with the Block 70.”
The US Air Force awarded Rockwell Collins a contract to upgrade US Air National Guard and US Air Force Reserve F-16 aircraft with anti-jam GPS receivers.
The digital GPS anti-jam receivers are intended to provide reliable navigation for Lockheed Martin F-16 aircraft operating in contested electromagnetic environments.
This will be the first combat fighter aircraft to be installed with the latest version of the receiver, Rockwell Collins says.
A Dutch F-16 fighter jet flying a training exercise over the Netherlands scored a direct hit - on itself - when the pilot fired the aircraft’s 20mm rotary cannon.
Sometimes, even inanimate objects will do anything to get out of training.
The Royal Netherlands Air Force pilot was able to make an emergency landing at Leeuwarden Air Base after the plane suffered “considerable damage,” according to a report from Dutch state media.
A Dutch F-16 fighter jet flying a training exercise over the Netherlands scored a direct hit - on itself - when the pilot fired the aircraft’s 20mm rotary cannon.
Sometimes, even inanimate objects will do anything to get out of training.
The Royal Netherlands Air Force pilot was able to make an emergency landing at Leeuwarden Air Base after the plane suffered “considerable damage,” according to a report from Dutch state media.
"La corsa di decollo è una metamorfosi, ecco una quantità di metallo che si trasforma in aeroplano per mezzo dell'aria. Ogni corsa di decollo è la nascita di un aeroplano" (Staccando l'ombra da terra - D. Del Giudice)
Cominciata l'installazione dei radar AESA sugli F-16 della Guardia Nazionale ...
An Air National Guard F-16 recently received the fleet’s first active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
The US Air Force (USAF) installed the Northrop Grumman-made AN/APG-83 SABR radar on an undisclosed recent date, says Northrop Grumman on 9 January (*).
The recipient aircraft will be used as part of the service’s effort to declare initial operational capability of the AESA radars on the Air National Guard’s F-16 fleet.
Migliorie strutturali per gli 'Aggressori' della Marina USA ...
The US Navy has completed update work on 10 Lockheed Martin F-16A fighters that are used in the aggressor role.
The work was undertaken by the Specialized and Proven Aircraft Program office, says the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) (*).
It involved the FalconUp programme to extend the jets’ fatigue lives by over 500 hours.
It also provides the baseline for the Falcon Star upgrade that will add additional 3,750 hours of service life.
Sistemi di allarme missilistico a infrarossi per gli F-16 della Guardia Nazionale e del Comando Riserva Aerea ...
Elbit Systems of America has won a $472 million fixed-price contract (*) to provide pylon-based infrared missile warning systems for US Air National Guard and US Air Force Reserve Command F-16 fighters.
The infrared missile warning systems are to be installed on an undisclosed number of Lockheed Martin F-16s over the course of 10 years, with work to be finished by February 2030, Elbit says on 9 March (**).
Installations will occur in Fort Worth, Texas.
"Defense Security Cooperation Agency" ... approvato un piano per la modernizzazione degli F-16 del Cile ...
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Chile of equipment and related services for F-16 Modernization for an estimated cost of $634.70 million.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.
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