{"id":1426,"date":"2024-12-03T03:50:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T03:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2024-12-03T03:51:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T03:51:26","slug":"elbit-america-to-upgrade-usaf-f-16-block-40-42-head-up-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/?p=1426","title":{"rendered":"Elbit America to Upgrade USAF F-16 Block 40\/42 &#8216;Head-Up&#8217; Display"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>ASIM, dec 02<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US Air Force has awarded a contract to Elbit Systems of America for the supply of replacements for the F-16 Block 40\/42 Wide-Angle Conventional Head-Up Displays (WACHUD). Valued at up to $89 million, the contract will be executed through September 2027, with an initial delivery order exceeding $57.5 million placed in September. The work is set to take place in Talladega, Alabama, where Elbit America will leverage its expertise to enhance the capabilities of the F-16 fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Scott Tumpak, Senior Vice President of Electronic Systems at Elbit America, the WACHUD replacements not only modernize the aircraft but also promote commonality across the US Air Force\u2019s F-16 fleet. This uniformity is advantageous for pilots, maintainers, and the supply chain, as it simplifies management and maintenance. The WACHUD system will replace the existing Diffractive Optic Head-Up Displays, providing critical flight and mission-related information to improve operational efficiency. Jimmy Johns, Vice President of Operations at Elbit America, expressed confidence in their Talladega workforce, noting their extensive experience with F-16 avionics and Head-Up Displays, and looking forward to the multi-year program and growth of aftermarket services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1-1024x600.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1-1024x600.png 1024w, https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1-768x450.png 768w, https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASIM, dec 02 The US Air Force has awarded a contract to Elbit Systems of America for the supply of replacements for the F-16 Block 40\/42 Wide-Angle Conventional Head-Up Displays (WACHUD). Valued at up to $89 million, the contract will be executed through September 2027, with an initial delivery order exceeding $57.5 million placed in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1429,"href":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426\/revisions\/1429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}