Boeing has landed a potential two-year, $678m contract to build seven lot 40 EA-18G Growler aircraft, five F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jets and related aerial electronic attack kits for the US Navy. The Growler is a variant of the F/A-18F Super Hornet, a twin-engine fighter jet that has enclosed weapons pod and conformal fuel tanks and is designed to land and take off from an aircraft carrier.