{"id":3235,"date":"2014-07-03T10:55:57","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T16:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/?p=3235"},"modified":"2014-07-03T10:55:57","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T16:55:57","slug":"boeing-gets-contract-to-build-more-fighter-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/boeing-gets-contract-to-build-more-fighter-jets\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing gets contract to build more fighter jets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by\u00a0Leisa Zigman, KSDK<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ksdk.com\/story\/news\/local\/2014\/07\/01\/boeing-gets-contract-to-build-more-fighter-jets\/11932069\/\">click here for original article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ST. LOUIS (KSDK) &#8211; The Naval Air Systems Command has awarded a contract to Boeing for 44<a href=\"http:\/\/www.navair.navy.mil\/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.display&amp;key=3ABFFE4F-7D6E-40D0-A0E3-AED4FCB1C408\" target=\"_blank\">F\/A-18 Super Hornet<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.navair.navy.mil\/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.display&amp;key=33BFA969-0482-42CF-9E1F-F80A1B32BEE9\" target=\"_blank\">EA-18G Growler<\/a>\u00a0aircraft over the next two years.<\/p>\n<p>About 13,000 people work on the Growler and Super Hornet production lines in Missouri and it&#8217;s responsible for 60,000 jobs nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement is viewed as great news for now, but it is a temporary life line.<\/p>\n<p>Without Congress approving the Navy&#8217;s request for 22 more Growlers, production of both the Growler and Super Hornet will end in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Missouri and Illinois congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle have been fighting hard to continue funding for the fighter jets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Growler jams enemy radar and basically creates an electronic fog around American aircraft, keeping troops safe from surface to air missiles or enemy fighters,&#8221; said Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Missouri).<\/p>\n<p>The Navy wants Boeing&#8217;s growlers to compliment Lockeed Martin&#8217;s F-35 Lightning II, which has stealth capabilities, but not the electronic jamming systems of the Growler.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will operate F\/A-18E\/F and F-35 aircraft together from our aircraft carriers through the 2030s,&#8221; said\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.navair.navy.mil\/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.displayBio&amp;key=4CEA9F7D-2378-427F-B547-54057E03519C\" target=\"_blank\">Capt. Frank Morley<\/a>, PMA-265 program manager.<\/p>\n<p>Critics say drones are the future of war and spending on the F-35 or Growler isn&#8217;t smart. The Growler and Super Hornet programs employee about 13,000 people in Missouri and 60,000 nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by\u00a0Leisa Zigman, KSDK click here for original article ST. LOUIS (KSDK) &#8211; The Naval Air Systems Command has awarded a contract to Boeing for 44F\/A-18 Super Hornet\u00a0and\u00a0EA-18G Growler\u00a0aircraft over the next two years. About 13,000 people work on the Growler and Super Hornet production lines in Missouri and it&#8217;s responsible for 60,000 jobs nationwide. 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