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Lockheed Martin wins new contract to support Singapore's upgraded F-16s

By Akhil Kadidal |

An RSAF Lockheed Martin F-16D Block 52 aircraft operates at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada in September 2024 during ‘Green Flag 24-11', an air-land integration combat training exercise. (US Air Force/Airman First Class Elizabeth Tan)

The Singapore government will spend USD8.7 million to procure spares in support of the country's Lockheed Martin F-16C/D/D+ Block 52 upgrade programme, a Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) spokesperson has confirmed to Janes .

The multimillion-dollar contract, which has been awarded to Lockheed Martin, covers the supply of “consolidated spares”, the US Department of Defense (DoD) announced on 17 January.

On 31 January the MINDEF spokesperson told Janes that the spares will be “delivered in phases until September 2027”.

The new firm-fixed-price contract modification brings the total cumulative face value of the RSAF F-16 upgrade programme to USD1.09 billion, the DoD said.

According to the DoD, the US Air Force's Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio is the contracting activity. The contract will be conducted under the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme.

The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) currently operates 19 F-16C Block 52 and 40 F-16D/D+ Block 52+ combat aircraft, which Lockheed Martin was contracted in 2015 to upgrade. The upgrades began in 2016. In September 2023 MINDEF announced that the fleet had “been upgraded” with new capabilities.

According to the MINDEF spokesperson, the upgraded F-16s have the necessary “operational readiness” and “effectiveness” to defend the country “into the 2030s”.

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