Pentagon officials, in a last-ditch effort to make its case to congressional defense authorizers, are arguing that an increase in Super Hornet aircraft production is not required and that keeping the production line open is cost-prohibitive for the Navy. An appeals package to the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill was sent to Congress July 14 by the Office of the Secretary of Defense's legislative affairs office and obtained by InsideDefense.com . The Senate authorizers' mark of the FY-16 defense...
