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 The US Department of State notified Congress in July that Singapore intends to purchase twenty new production F-16 aircraft. Deliveries of the new aircraft will begin in late 2003. The new purchase includes the aircraft, support equipment, spare parts, training, mission equipment, and other associated items. The total procurement includes sales to be accrued by Lockheed Martin, Pratt & Whitney, Northrop Grumman, and other US suppliers.
This program is the fourth buy of the F-16 for the Republic of Singapore Air Force. Singapore received its first F-16 under the original Peace Carvin program in 1988. Subsequent orders were made in 1994 and 1997. Singapore joins the countries of Egypt, Israel, and Greece that have all signed contracts this past year for repeat orders of F-16s. The F-16 has generated more than forty repeat orders from customers in fifteen countries. |
