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Thursday, March 27, 2014

Navy requests new Growler jets

EA-18G GrowlerThe U.S. Navy has put 22 new Growlers on its unfunded priority list for this year, but it's not clear if Congress will approve the request, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

The Navy submitted the priority list at Congress' request, but the Boeing-made EA-18G Growlers are not included in the Defense Department's formal appropriations request. Growlers are the electronic warfare version of Boeing's Super Hornet fighter jet.

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert told the House Armed Services Committee earlier this month that the Navy is now at the minimum requirement of five Growlers per squadron.

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