By Aaron Mehta
WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin is getting closer to signing on Singapore
Meanwhile, the company continues to work other opportunities for F-16 upgrades in the Pacific, including a likely sale in South Korea.
Rod McLean, the head of Lockheed Martin's F-22/F-16 integrated fighter group, told Defense News last month that the company is closing in on a new customer for the F-16V package in the Pacific region.
"We should probably announce something by certainly the end of the year, if not earlier, on an upgrade opportunity there," McLean said. "Our other customer doesn't care to have their name mentioned a lot in media. It's in Southeast Asia, I'll say that."
A source with knowledge of the discussions told Defense News that McLean was referring to Singapore, and that the agreement to upgrade Singapore's fleet of F-16s was "basically a done deal."
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