DTN News - SOUTH KOREA DEFENSE NEWS: South Korea Has Selected BAE Systems To Upgrade The Avionics And Electronic Systems For Its Fleet of F-16 Aircraft

DTN News - SOUTH KOREA DEFENSE NEWS: South Korea Has Selected BAE Systems To Upgrade The Avionics And Electronic Systems For Its Fleet of F-16 Aircraft

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 10, 2012: The Korean Government will deliver a Letter of Request (LOR) for BAE Systems’ U.S.-based Support Solutions business to be the sole source systems integration contractor for upgrading more than 130 F-16s. The work will be contracted through the U.S. Department of Defense’s Foreign Military Sales program.

“This is a strategic international win for us, significantly expanding our aircraft upgrade and modification business,” said Dave Herr, president of BAE Systems Support Solutions. “We have extensive capabilities that span across BAE Systems, and I am confident that our team offers the best value to the customer.”

The total estimated addressable market for F-16 avionics upgrades is valued at greater than $3 billion internationally, covering more than 3,000 aircraft.

“This selection further demonstrates that we are a leading provider of integration, avionics and mission computers for F-16s, and we will continue to offer our capability to customers across the globe,” said Gordon Eldridge, vice president and general manager of Support Solutions’ Aerospace Solutions business area.

BAE Systems provides approximately 40 percent of the mission equipment in the F-16 fleet worldwide. The company’s upgrade solution includes the Commercial Fire Control Computer, which is currently the highest throughput and most supportable mission computer in any F-16.

BAE Systems’ experience with the F-16 dates back to the original 1970s-era aircraft, and has included flight control systems and ground support. Additionally, the company supports 270 of the U.S. Air National Guard’s upgraded F-16s and 50 of the Turkish Air Force’s upgraded F-16s.

For the Korean fleet, BAE Systems will perform a range of services, including systems engineering and integration, software and electronics engineering, obsolescence management and logistics support. The work will be performed primarily at BAE Systems’ facilities in Fort Walton Beach, Florida; San Antonio, Texas; and Warner Robins, Georgia. Work will also be conducted at the company’s aviation hangers in Mojave, California and Crestview, Florida.

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DTN News - ROYAL FAMILY NEWS: Taliban Threaten To Kill Prince Harry

DTN News - ROYAL FAMILY NEWS: Taliban Threaten To Kill Prince Harry

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 10, 2012: The Taliban said 
Monday it was determined to kill Britain's Prince Harry, serving in Afghanistan four years after his previous deployment was cut short over security concerns.

Prince Harry (L) is shown the Apache flight-line by a member of his squadron at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan's Helmand province on September 7. The Taliban said Monday it was determined to kill Harry, who is currently serving in Afghanistan.

A militia spokesman said the group had a "high-value plan" to attack the third in line to the British throne in southern province Helmand, one of the toughest battlefields in the 10-year war.

"We will do our best to kill Prince Harry and Britain's other troops based in Helmand," the spokesman, who gave his name as Zabihullah Mujahid, told AFP by telephone from an undisclosed location.

"It is not important for us to kidnap him. We will target him and we will kill him," he added.
The 27-year-old Apache helicopter pilot, who hit the headlines last month after he was photographed naked at a party in Las Vegas, will spend four months based at the heavily fortified Camp Bastion in Helmand.

"Whoever fights in our country is our enemy and we will do everything possible to kill him," said Mujahid.
Britain says Harry's squadron "will provide surveillance, deterrence and, when required, close combat attack capabilities as well as escort duties for other aircraft".

In 2008, the royal was hastily withdrawn from Afghanistan when a news blackout surrounding his deployment, on the ground directing aircraft in attacks on Taliban positions, was broken.

This time, however, the military has released photographs and video of him in Afghanistan from the start.

The Ministry of Defence said any risk "has been, and will continue to be, assessed".

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