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Lockheed sees KF-16 upgrade deal as imminent

Lockheed Martin anticipates that it will soon get the greenlight to commence a long-awaited upgrade programme for South Korea’s KF-16 fighter fleet.

The $2.7 billion Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme, originally announced in July, will see Lockheed Martin upgrade South Korea’s 134 C- and D-model KF-16s with new avionics, weapons and Northrop Grumman’s Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR). The package has been subject to discussions between Washington DC and Seoul.

“We support those discussions to the extent that the two governments need us to support it, and my assessment at this point is that those discussions are very mature, and Lockheed is looking forward to the conclustion of those discussions so that we can more forward with an agreement this year,” says Lockheed Martin executive Randy Howard, who leads the company’s international sales efforts for the F-16.

He hastens to add, however, that since Lockheed is “not in the middle” of these discussions, it cannot give a firm date. Howard spoke to Flightglobal at the Lockheed Martin chalet at the Seoul Interational Aerospace & Defense Exhibition 2015.

When the deal is signed off, Lockheed will upgrde two South Korean KF-16s – one single seat C model and one twin-seat D model – to its F-16V configuration. The two aircraft are already in storage in the US. The two fighters were originally flown to the US in support of a collapsed bid by BAE Systems to upgrade South Korea’s KF-16 fleet, which is now subject to litigation in the US.

Once the validity of the upgrade is proven with these two aircraft, the remaining 132 aircraft will be upgraded in South Korea.

“It's been a long process for Southt Korea and their F-16s need to be upgraded,” says Howard. “They have very real challenges here and the F-16V upgrade will significantly enhance its capability.”

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/adex-lockheed-sees-kf-16-upgrade-deal-as-imminent-418061/ 

한국 공군은 KF-16 134대를 F-16V Black70 최신사양으로 업그레이드 하는 사업을 진행중이다. 

2018년 올해 KF-16 2대가 미국에서 업그레이드를 완료하고 한국에 도입된다.

나머지 KF-16 132대는 한국에서 업그레이드를 진행한다. 

F-16V Black70 제원은 APG-83 AESA 최신형 레이더, IFF Mode 5, Link16 등을 장착한다.

RoKAF to upgrade KF-16s with JHMCS II

South Korea is to integrate the latest Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System II (JHMCS II) helmet-mounted display onto its Lockheed Martin KF-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft as part of a wider upgrade of the type.

Rockwell Collins ESA Vision Systems, a joint venture between Elbit Systems and Rockwell Collins, announced on 21 February that it is to perform the work for the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF), as part of a more comprehensive improvement programme being rolled out onto 134 of the service’s 170-string KF-16 fleet.

The baseline JHMCS integrates a magnetic helmet-mounted tracker to determine where the pilot’s head is pointed with a miniature display system that projects information onto the pilot’s visor.

http://www.janes.com/article/78060/rokaf-to-upgrade-kf-16s-with-jhmcs-ii 

또한 KF-16에는 최신형 JHMCS II HMD가 장착되며, AIM-9X과 같이 사용시에 엄청난 성능효과를 발휘한다.

- F-16V Black70의 제원 -

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