Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $199 million contract to build 18 Block 52 F-16C/Ds for the Iraqi air force. The order consists of 12 single-seat F-16C model jets, six F-16D model aircraft and ancillary equipment needed to support the small fleet.
Iraq is buying the jets under a foreign military sales contract.
"The LOA [letter of acceptance] for the first 18 F-16 Block 52s was signed last year with deliveries scheduled between May 2014 and January 2016," Lockheed says. "The contract award that was announced yesterday was in support of this LOA."
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Lockheed says that Congress was notified earlier this year that Iraq wants to buy another batch of 18 F-16s. "The discussions between the United States and the Iraq governments regarding this program are ongoing," the company says.
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