{"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":"

by\u00a0Leisa Zigman, KSDK
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ST. LOUIS (KSDK) – The Naval Air Systems Command has awarded a contract to Boeing for 44F\/A-18 Super Hornet<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0EA-18G Growler<\/a>\u00a0aircraft over the next two years.<\/p>\n

About 13,000 people work on the Growler and Super Hornet production lines in Missouri and it’s responsible for 60,000 jobs nationwide.<\/p>\n

The announcement is viewed as great news for now, but it is a temporary life line.<\/p>\n

Without Congress approving the Navy’s request for 22 more Growlers, production of both the Growler and Super Hornet will end in 2016.<\/p>\n

Missouri and Illinois congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle have been fighting hard to continue funding for the fighter jets.<\/p>\n

“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,” said Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Missouri).<\/p>\n

The Navy wants Boeing’s growlers to compliment Lockeed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II, which has stealth capabilities, but not the electronic jamming systems of the Growler.<\/p>\n

“We will operate F\/A-18E\/F and F-35 aircraft together from our aircraft carriers through the 2030s,” said\u00a0Capt. Frank Morley<\/a>, PMA-265 program manager.<\/p>\n

Critics say drones are the future of war and spending on the F-35 or Growler isn’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":"

by\u00a0Leisa Zigman, KSDK click here for original article ST. LOUIS (KSDK) – 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’s responsible for 60,000 jobs nationwide. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t