A Polish MiG-29 in company with a USAF F-16
photo US Air Force.
September 18, 2011. David Pugliese- Defence Watch
The Polish government recently signed a contract to modernize 16 of its MiG-29 fighter jets, according to Defense News. The deal with Polish defence firm Wojskowe Zaklady Lotnicze 2 (WZL2) will upgrade 13 single-seat fighters and three MiG-29UB-12 training variants at a cost of $44.5 million. The upgrades will centre on new avionics, mission computers, data bus systems and GPS modules which will make the Polish Air Force’s MiG-29s more interoperable with its fleet of F-16s, according to DN. WZL2 said it would source the actual systems from U.S. companies, but did not name them specifically.