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Navy And Boeing Tested Unmanned EA-18G Growlers

Tuesday, February 4th, 2020

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Navy And Boeing Tested Unmanned EA-18G Growlers

An E/A-18 Growler electronic attack aircraft in the foreground shadowed by a F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. (Photo: Boeing)

The U.S. Navy and Boeing [BA] flew two autonomously controlled EA-18G Growlers using a third aircraft as a mission controller in late 2019. Boeing spokesman Justin Gibson told Defense Daily the autonomously controlled Growlers were first modified over the summer in 2019, then flight testing began in September. This full demonstration occurred in late 2019 as part of the Navy Warfare Development Command’s annual fleet experiment (FLEX) exercises. The flights “proved the effectiveness of technology allowing F/A-18 Super Hornets and…

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