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State Department Approves $259 Million Deal With Turkey For F-16 Avionics Upgrades

State Department Approves $259 Million Deal With Turkey For F-16 Avionics Upgrades
An F-16 Fighting Falcon flown by Air Force Maj. Jacob Schonig from the 416th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards AFB, Calif., conducts a captive-carry flight test with a Gray Wolf cruise missile prototype over the Pacific Ocean, June 9, 2020. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The State Department has approved a $259 million deal with Turkey covering avionics upgrades for its current fleet of F-16 fighter jets. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress on Monday of the new foreign military sale. The new FMS case arrives as a separate $20 billion weapons deal with Turkey, that would include deliveries of new Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built F-16s, has stalled in Congress. Lawmakers have previously pressed the Biden administration to detail concrete steps to ensure Turkey…

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