AGM-88 HARM fired from a USAF F-16C. (Photo: USAF/Tech Sgt Michael Ammons)
The AGM-88 missile is one of several features in an FMS modification for Lockheed Martin to assist the Peace Phoenix Rising 2 programme for Taiwan.
The US Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has awarded a maximum $138 million sole-source FMS modification to Lockheed Martin, in connection with the Peace Phoenix Rising 2 programme for Taiwan.
Lockheed Martin will provide automatic ground-collision avoidance technology and the Raytheon AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM), as well as improved radar software, an updated data acquisition system and advanced IFF for the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) F-16A/B Block 20 MLU programme.
Lockheed Martin awarded contract modification for RoCAF s F-16 upgrade programme
27 April 2021
by Alessandra Giovanzanti
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a not-to-exceed USD138 million contract modification for Taiwan’s ‘Peace Phoenix Rising’ programme, which is aimed at upgrading the Republic of China Air Force’s (RoCAF’s) fleet of F-16A/B Fighting Falcon multirole fighter aircraft to the latest F-16V Block 70/72 configuration.
The US Department of Defense announced on 26 April that the modification is for “the development and fielding of capabilities for the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System [Auto GCAS] and AGM-88 High-speed Anti-radiation Missile [HARM], improvements in radar software maturity, an update to the data acquisition system, and advanced identification friend-or-foe” systems, adding that work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and Taiwan, and is expected to be completed by 30 September 2022.
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IAF Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria in the cockpit of a Su-30MKI (IAF image)
Chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF) Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria flew a Su-30MKI fighter jet in Bengaluru to witness its capability enhancement , the Indian Air Force (IAF) tweeted from its official account.
While, the IAF tweet did not specify what it meant by “capability enhancement,” the Su-30MKI, has the past been tested with various Indian made weapons such as the BrahMos cruise missile, and the
Astra beyond-visusal-range-air-to-air-missile (BVRAAM) and the new generation Anti-Radiation Missile
RUDRAM. In addition, the French MICA air-to-air missile was also test fired from it.
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