Polish Air Force F-16s are set for a substantial increase in capability.
Poland’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS) request is for a range of radar, electronic warfare (EW) and missile and bomb test systems to upgrade its fleet of 48 F-16s.
Poland is looking to upgrade 48 Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Block 52 fighter aircraft under a FMS deal approved by the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency and notified to the country’s Congress for approval.
Under the FMS Poland has requested 58 improved programmable display generators (48 installed, 10 spares), 58 AN/APG-83 scalable agile beam radars (48 installed, 10 spares) and 58 embedded global positioning system/inertial navigation systems.
The request also includes 73 AN/ALQ-257 integrated Viper EW suites or 73 AN/ALQ-254V(1) Viper Shield advanced EW suites (48 installed, 12 spares) and 60 modular mission computer 7000AH upgrades, or equivalent (48 installed, 12 spares).
Aside from onboard systems the deal would also include three AGM-158 missile flight test vehicles (captive carry), three GBU53/B Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) guided test vehicles (GTV), eight GBU-53/B captive carry reliability trainers and two (2) SDB I GBU-39(T-1)/B GTV.
Under the upgrade effort Phased Array Warning System (PAWS-2) missile warning systems, Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS II), AN/ARC-238 radios (or equivalent) and AN/APX-126/127 Identification Friend or Foe will also be provided.