The
US-based aircraft manufacturer Boeing has been awarded a contract worth
US$898 million to procuce 15 more EA-18G Growler electronic fighter
jets and associated airborne electronic attack kits for the U.S. Navy,
the US DoD announced on Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. |
The contract runs
through January 2018, the Defense Department said in its daily digest
of major contract awards.
The Boeing EA-18G Growler is an American carrier-based electronic
warfare aircraft, a specialized version of the two-seat F/A-18F Super
Hornet. The EA-18G replaced the Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowlers in
service with the United States Navy.
The EA-18G integrates advanced airborne electronic attack capabilities,
developed and manufactured by Northrop Grumman, with the advanced
strike capabilities, including advanced weapons, sensors and communications
systems, installed on the F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft.
The block 2 Growler is equipped with the APG-79 multi-mode radar with
passive detection mode and active radar suppression, ALQ-218(V)2 digital
radar warning receiver and ALE-47 countermeasures dispenser.
Boeing delivered the 100th EA-18G Growler aircraft in May 2014. The
company also recently unveiled the first Growler to be inducted in the
Royal Australian Air Force. The RAAF ordered 12 of such aircraft in
June 2014. |
