Boeing Awarded $49 Million Contract for QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target Lot 6 Block 25 and Block 30
T?? B??in? C?., St. L??is, Miss???i, w?s ?w????? ? n?t-t?-?xc??? $49,677,000 ?i?m-?ix??-??ic? l?tt?? c?nt??ct ??? QF-16 P????cti?n L?t 6 Bl?ck 25 ?n? Bl?ck 30 Uni??? M?t??i?l ??? D??n? P?c?li?? E??i?m?nt P?ck???, ??????m int????ti?n s?????t, ?????cti?n lin? s?????t m?t??i?l ?n? w????nt? ??? ???n? ??c?li?? ???i?m?nt l??-in m?t??i?l. W??k will ?? ??????m?? in St. L??is, Miss???i, ?n? is ?x??ct?? t? ?? c?m?l?t?? ?? A??il 30, 2025. T?is ?w??? is t?? ??s?lt ?? ? s?l? s???c? ?c??isiti?n. Fisc?l 2021 N?v? w????ns ???c???m?nt ??n?s in t?? ?m??nt ?? $4,186,507; ?n? ?isc?l 2022 ???c???m?nt ??n?s in t?? ?m??nt ?? $20,651,992 ??? ??in? ??li??t?? ?t t?? tim? ?? ?w???. U.S. Ai? F??c? Li?? C?cl? M?n???m?nt C?nt??, E?lin Ai? F??c? B?s?, Fl??i??, is t?? c?nt??ctin? ?ctivit?.
R?ti??? U.S. Ai? F??c? G?n???l D?n?mics Fi??tin? F?lc?n ?i?c???t ??? c?nv??t?? int? QF-16 ???i?l t????ts ??? t?? ?????s? ?? t?stin? n?wl? ??v?l???? w????ns ?n? t?ctics. (P??t? ?? B??in?)F??m 2014, ?? t? 126 QF-16 ???n?s will ?? c???t??. T?? ???t?t??? QF-16 ?n???t??k its m?i??n ?li??t in M?? 2012. In J?n???? 2013, t?? 576t? A???s??c? M?int?n?nc? ?n? R???n???ti?n S??????n ???it t??m w?s ??? t? ???in m??i?ic?ti?n w??k ?n t?? QF-16 ??????m. D?vis-M?nt??n ??s 210 F-16s st?ck?? ??? c?nv??si?n. F-16C Bl?ck 30B s/n 85-1569 w?s t?? ?i?st ?i?c???t ??liv???? in N?v?m??? 2012. On 19 S??t?m??? 2013, ?n ?m?t? F-16 j?t t?st?? ?? B??in? ?n? US Ai? F??c?, tw? US Ai? F??c? ?il?ts c?nt??ll?? t?? ?l?n? ???m t?? ????n? ?s it ?l?w ???m T?n??ll Ai? F??c? B?s?, P?n?m? Cit?, Fl??i??. T?? j?t – w?ic? ??? ???vi??sl? s?t m?t???ll?? ?t ?n A?iz?n? sit? ??? 15 ????s – ?l?w ?t ?n ?ltit??? ?? 40,000 ?t (12.2 km) ?n? ? s???? ?? M?c? 1.47 (1,119 m??/1,800 km/?).QF-16 c???i?? ??t ? s??i?s ?? m?n??v??s incl??in? ? ?????l ??ll ?n? ? “s?lit S” – ? m?v? in w?ic? t?? ?i?c???t t??ns ??si?? ??wn ?????? m?kin? ? ??l? l??? s? t??t it ?li?s t?? ?i??t-w??-?? in t?? ????sit? ?i??cti?n. T?is c?n ?? ?s?? in c?m??t t? ?v??? missil? l?ck-?ns. T?? ?i?m ????? t??t t?? ?li??t ?tt?in?? 7 ? ?? ?cc?l???ti?n ??t w?s c????l? ?? c????in? ??t m?n??v??s ?t 9 ? – s?m?t?in? t??t mi??t c??s? ???sic?l ????l?ms ??? ? ?il?t. On 19 J?l? 2017, t?? ?i?st QF-16 w?s s??t ??wn ???in? ? C?m??t A?c??? W????ns S?st?m Ev?l??ti?n P?????m (WSEP) ?x??cis?. In 2017, ? QF-16 w?s ?s?? ?s ? UCAV, ??t?n?m??sl? ?tt?ckin? ? ????n? t????t ?s ? ???t ?? t?? “L???l Win?m?n” ??????m. T?? Ai? F??c? ??n t?is ?x??cis? ?n??? t?? n?m? “H?v? R?i??? II”.
