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Navy Begins Program To Upgrade EA-18G Growlers

Wednesday, March 24th, 2021

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Navy Begins Program To Upgrade EA-18G Growlers

The first EA-18G Growler is inducted into Growler Capability Modification at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash. on March 3, 2021. (Photo: Boeing)

The Navy started a five-year EA-18G Growler Capability Modification (GCM) program this month to upgrade capabilities on the Growler electronic warfare aircraft. The service’s F/A-18 and EA-18G program Office (PMA-265) commenced the program at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island, Wash., the Growler fleet homeport, the Navy said March 19. According to a Navy photo description, the first aircraft was inducted into the program on March 3. The Growler is a variant of the F/A-18 that focuses on jamming radar…

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