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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

U.S. Navy confirms Boeing jets on 'unfunded' priority list

EA-18G GrowlerThe U.S. Navy's top admiral on Monday confirmed that the Navy would include Boeing Co EA-18G electronic attack planes on a list of "unfunded" priorities requested by Congress, saying the Navy might need the jets for future missions.

Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert told reporters that he would like to buy more of the planes to help the Navy carry out future requirements for electronic attack missions, subject to several studies being conducted by the Defense Department.

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon asked the military services and combatant commanders to submit a list of any priorities they were unable to fund in the 2015 budget, which is the product of many compromises across the entire Department of Defense.

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