By JUNG SUNG-KI and WENDELL MINNICK
SEOUL and TAIPEI — BAE Systems is positioning to challenge Lockheed Martin’s traditional role as the F-16’s sole upgrade provider, and Lockheed is scrambling to meet the challenge in South Korea and Taiwan before BAE builds momentum.
BAE has been slowly moving in on Lockheed’s F-16 upgrade territory. The London-based company is upgrading F-16s for the Turkish Air Force, and the U.S. Air National Guard has approximately 270 F-16s in service that have been upgraded with BAE’s fire control system and advanced Ethernet interface, said Tony Ennis, BAE’s head of Northeast Asia.
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