$1bn to build unmanned fighter
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A US company has received more than $1bn in funding to build prototype unmanned fighter aircraft for the American military.
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Airbus might tap up to 1 billion euros ($1.25 billion) in controversial government loans to build a new A350 airplane model, which would be a rival to Boeing&#39;s new 7E7 jetliner.
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The bill for the Eurofighter combat jets developed by a consortium of four European countries is going to cost over 10 billion euros more than expected, the German magazine Focus has reported.
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The defense-related work is estimated to be worth $200 billion.
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Extraordinary advances in unmanned aerial vehicles signify progress in the field of robotics.
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By Timothy R. Gaffney, Dayton Daily News, Ohio  Sep. 9--An Air Force contract worth $627.8 million should generate local  high-tech jobs and shows what was at stake in last year's military  base-closing process, a Dayton Development Coalition executive said Friday.
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EUROPEâS biggest defence contractors will have the chance to bid for a $23 billion (Â£12 billion) air refuelling contract for the US Air Force that has been withdrawn from Boeing.
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Australia plans to create what it  believes will be the most lethal force of fighter jets in  Southeast Asia by equipping its aircraft with long-range  missiles in a move critics said could antagonize neighbors.
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When the FBI asked Congress this spring to provide $3.6 million in the war spending bill for its Gulfstream V jet, it said the money was needed to ensure that the aircraft, packed with state-of-the-art security and communications gear, could continue to fly counterterrorism agents on "crucial...
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After decades on the sidelines, U.S. defense contractors are eyeing India's growing military budget and aging arsenal as a multibillion-dollar opportunity that could help offset a projected slowdown in Pentagon weapons spending and extend production lines for such items as the F-16 fighter.
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The costliest international warplane project, the F-35 Lightning 2 Joint Strike Fighter, safely completed its first test flight on Friday, advancing a $276.5 billion program financed by the United States and eight other countries.
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Lockheed Martinâs $600 billion Joint Strike Fighter program is only now moving off the drawing board and into first flight.
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A robotic airplane called ScanEagle has done more than 1,000 hours of intelligence and reconnaissance work for the Marines in Iraq, its developers said.
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Australia plans to spend nearly $300 million on new long-range missiles. The Defense Minister says the missiles, capable of hitting land and sea targets, will be carried on F/A-18 fighter jets and maritime patrol planes.
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Australia is to test unmanned surveillance aircraft as a means of protecting vital offshore oil and gas installations against terrorist attacks, the government said.
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A transatlantic venture led by  Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT.N on Tuesday won a $3 billion  contract to design and develop the Medium Extended Air Defense  System (MEADS), which is slated to replace Patriot missiles in  the next decade, the venture said on Tuesday.
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The costliest international warplane  project, the F-35 Lightning 2 Joint Strike Fighter, safely  completed its first test flight on Friday, advancing a $276.5  billion program financed by the United States and eight other  countries.