The $1.1 trillion fiscal year 2015 spending bill Congress has fashioned reflects major discrepancies between the appropriations and authorization committees regarding the way ahead for the Navy. The FY-15 compromise bill agreed to by House and Senate appropriators -- released the evening of Dec. 9 and expected to pass both chambers -- will extend the production line of the Boeing's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet into 2017. The Super Hornet airframe is the basis for the aircraft's Growler electronic-warfare version, the F/A-18G...
