The Bush administration is proposing to sell Turkey a sweeping $3.9 billion package to upgrade its F-16 fighter aircraft fleet, the Pentagon told Congress in a statement made public today.
The deal would include systems manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corp, Boeing Co, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon Co, Harris Corp. and BAE Systems Plc, the mandatory disclosure said.
Among equipment to be supplied were radar sets, helmet-mounted cueing systems for firing missiles, night vision goggles,advanced air-to-air missiles, cluster bombs and high-speed anti-radiation missiles, said the announcement, filed with Congress on Thursday.
Turkey is seeking to modernize 218 of its F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter/attack aircraft, the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency said.
Turkey needs the weapons to boost its ability to operate with US and fellow NATO member forces, the statement said. It said the transaction would be worth $3.9 billion if all options were exercised.
In a separate announcement on Thursday, the Bush administration said it was proposing to sell 225 AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles and related equipment to Turkey in a deal valued at up to $96 million.