http://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/27/a...pe-the-f16-and-how-it-won-europes-orders.html
The deal is still in effect, so 15% of any Indian F-16s will be delivered by European Countries.
There were similar deals made with other countries.
Very similar to the F-35 contracts. All countries that joined the F-35 program early on have right to produce parts for the F-35.
The idea that F-16 can be produced using a single supply chain is ludicrous,
but Indians keep repeating that
MANTRA.
What US has given EU is a privilege not a right. Now how many of the
19 F-16s to Bahrain are being manufactured in Netherlands?
An F-16 pilot from the 169th Fighter Wing, South Carolina Air National Guard, flies a training mission over the North Carolina coast. U.S. Air Force photo by SMSgt Thomas Meneguin.
White House approves Greenville production of 19 F-16 fighter jets
The White House has approved the sale of 19 F-16s to Bahrain.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
by
Rudolph Bell
While Congress has the power to block a proposed arms sale to a foreign government, it has not successfully done so since the 1980s, according to David McKeeby, a spokesman with the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, an arm of the State Department that is involved in the process.
If there’s no objection from Congress, U.S. military officials will hammer out a contract with Bahrain and work with Lockheed to complete it, McKeeby said.
Lockheed earlier this year disclosed plans to move F-16 production from Fort Worth, Texas, to the 16-hangar complex in southern Greenville County where the defense contractor has refurbished military aircraft since 1984.
It’s not clear, however, who’s going to buy Greenville-made F-16s after the 19 are delivered to Bahrain.
Lockheed has said it’s hoping to sell the latest-generation F-16 to India in a deal that could reportedly involve up to 200 aircraft.
But it has also said that any F-16s sold to India would be made in India through a partnership with Tata Group, a big Indian industrial conglomerate.
F-16 production would transfer from Greenville to India in the mid 2020s if Lockheed wins the Indian work, company executives have said.
Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed says it expects other future customers for the F-16.
Lockheed may end up making a different supersonic military aircraft at its Greenville complex.
The company has said it would perform final assembly of the South Korea-made T50A in Greenville if it wins a contract to supply 350 jets to the U.S. Air Force for training fighter pilots.
Lockheed Martin is competing with a Boeing/Saab alliance for that multibillion-dollar contract, as well as an Italian company called Leonardo.