Aircraft
Navy's 'Unfunded' Order Would Extend EA-18G Growler Line
Current plans call for Boeing to deliver the final EA-18Gs in 2016, but the 22 Growlers the Navy requested would extend that through 2017.
An EA-18G Growler launches from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman earlier this year. (Photo: U.S. Navy)
An EA-18G Growler launches from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman earlier this year. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Boeing’s Super Hornet production line in St. Louis, Mo., would be sustained until 2017 if the U.S. Navy receives the 22 EA-18G Growler electronic warfare variants it seeks on a list of “unfunded” priorities the service has submitted to Congress. Industry and government analyses show a need for 50 to 100 more Growlers, Boeing contends.