L?ck???? M??tin A???n??tics C?., F??t W??t?, T?x?s, ??s ???n ?w????? ? $33,628,994 ?i?m ?ix?? ??ic? c?nt??ct m??i?ic?ti?n (P00085) t? ???vi??sl? ?w????? c?nt??ct ??? F-16 ??t???it. T?is c?nt??ct m??i?ic?ti?n ???vi??s ??? t?? K??t?n ???l?c?m?nt ???n?ss inst?ll?ti?n, ???n?ss ?n?-tіm? ins??cti?ns, ?n? ?i?c???t m?? lin? ?xt?nsi?n ?? 140 T?iw?n F-16A/B ?i?c???t ?n??? t?? ??sic c?nt??ct. W??k will ?? ??????m?? in F??t W??t?, T?x?s; ?n? T?iw?n, ?n? is ?x??ct?? t? ?? c?m?l?t?? ?? D?c. 31, 2023. F???i?n Milit??? S?l?s ??n?s ??? $33,628,994 will ?? ??li??t?? ?t t?? tіm? ?? t?? ?w???. T?? t?t?l c?m?l?tiv? ??c? v?l?? ?? t?? c?nt??ct is $2,855,817,667. T?? Ai? F??c? Li?? C?cl? M?n???m?nt C?nt??, W?i??t? P?tt??s?n Ai? F??c? B?s?, O?i?, is t?? c?nt??ctin? ?ctivit?.
Un??? t?? P???nix Risin? ??????m, T?iw?n is ??????in? its ?l??t ?? 144 L?ck???? M??tin F-16 A/B Bl?ck 20 Fi??tin? F?lc?n c?m??t ?i?c???t t? t?? F-16V c?n?i????ti?n. As ???t ?? t?? ???????, t?? j?ts will ?? inst?ll?? wit? N??t???? G??mm?n AN/APG-83 Sc?l??l? A?il? B??m R???? (SABR) Activ? El?ct??nic?ll? Sc?nn?? A???? (AESA) ?????, n?w missi?n c?m??t??s, ?n? m??? ??v?nc?? ?vi?nics ?n? ?l?ct??nic w?????? s?it?. T?? ???????? j?t will ?ls? ??v? t?? c????ilit? t? ?? ??m?? wit? n?w ???cisi?n-??i??? w????ns. T?? t?t?l c?st ?? t?? ??????m is ?stim?t?? t? ?? ????n? $5.3 ?illi?n. T?? ???????s ??? ??in? c?n??ct?? ?? t?? T?iw?n?s? st?t?-?wn?? ?vi?ti?n c?m??n?, A???s??c? In??st?i?l D?v?l??m?nt C???. (AIDC). T?? ?i?st ???????? j?t w?s ??liv???? t? ROC Ai? F??c? in 2018 ?n? t?? ???j?ct is ?x??ct?? t? ?? c?m?l?t?? ?? 2023.
21st Fi??t?? S??????n R????lic ?? C?in? (T?iw?n) Ai? F??c? F-16s
21st Fi??t?? S??????n R????lic ?? C?in? (T?iw?n) Ai? F??c? F-16s
T?? R????lic ?? C?in? Ai? F??c? ?????t?s ? t?t?l ?? 150 F-16A/B ?l?cks 20 ?i?c???t, w?ic? ??? ?ss?nti?ll? i??ntic?l t? MLU ?i?c???t. T?iw?n is ?l?nnin? t? ?c??i?? 66 F-16C/D ?l?cks 70 ?i?c???t s???tl?, m?inl? t? c??nt?? t?? ???c?iv?? t????t ???m m?inl?n? C?in?. Alt????? t?? T?iw?n?s? F-16s ??? ??il? t? MLU st?n????s, t??? ??? ??c?min? ? ?it ??s?l?t? ?n? c??t?inl? c?m????? wit? t?? n?w ????w??? m?inl?n? C?in? ??s ??t int? ?l?c? ?v?? t?? ??st ????s. T? c??nt?? t?is ? $5.3 ?illi?n ???l w?s ??t ???w??? t? ????t? t?? ?xistin? F-16s. In 2016 it ??c?m? ??????nt t??t ? l????? ????t? ??ck??? w?s ?ntici??t??, c?v??in? m?st it?ms ???vi??sl? m?nti?n?? (incl??in? t?? PF100-PW-229 ?n?in?s). L?ck???? ?x??n??? t?is ??ck??? ???t??? ?ltim?t?l? ??c?min? ? n?w s???l?ck. T?? ??ck??? is c?ll?? F-16V c?n?i????ti?n, w?ic? is ?ls? ?????s?nt?? ?s n?w-??il? ?l?ck 70 ?i????m?s.
K??t?n is ? ??l?imi?? ?ilm ?s?? in ?l?xi?l? ??int?? ci?c?its (?l?xi?l? ?l?ct??nics) ?n? s??c? ?l?nk?ts, w?ic? ??? ?s?? ?n s??c?c???t, s?t?llit?s, ?n? v??i??s s??c? inst??m?nts. K??t?n-ins?l?t?? ?l?ct?ic?l wi?in? ??s ???n wi??l? ?s?? in civil ?n? milit??? ?i?c???t ??c??s? it is li??t?? t??n ?t??? ins?l?t??s ?n? ??s ???? ins?l?tin? ?n? t?m????t??? c????ct??istics. H?w?v??, K??t?n ins?l?ti?n ???s ????l?: ?n FAA st??? s??ws ???????ti?n in ??t, ??mi? ?nvi??nm?nts ?? t?? ???s?nc? ?? s??w?t??. It w?s ???n? t? ??v? v??? ???? ??sist?nc? t? m?c??nic?l w???, m?inl? ????si?n wit?in c??l? ???n?ss?s ??? t? ?i?c???t m?v?m?nt. M?n? ?i?c???t m???ls ??v? ??? t? ?n????? ?xt?nsiv? ??wi?in? m??i?ic?ti?ns—s?m?tіm?s c?m?l?t?l? ???l?cin? ?ll t?? K??t?n-ins?l?t?? wi?in?—??c??s? ?? s???t ci?c?its c??s?? ?? t?? ???lt? ins?l?ti?n. K??t?n-wi?? ???????ti?n ?n? c???in? ??? t? vi???ti?n ?n? ???t ??v? ???n im?lic?t?? in m?lti?l? c??s??s ?? ??t? ?ix??-wіп? ?n? ??t???-wіп? ?i?c???t, wit? l?ss ?? li??.