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Lucrative business for America’s weapons and drones makers

“General Atomics, the people behind the wildly successful Predator and Reaper drones, just scored two huge contracts this week,” reportsBusiness Insider Military & Defense on Friday.

“One contract is $411 million for Gray Eagle systems, a derivative of the Predator drone. The second contract is for $120.6 million and will buy MQ-9 Reaper spares for the Air Force. They’ll also get ground support systems and spares.”

Business Insider says, “America … enjoy your latest purchases.”

This week, the 2013 Defense Appropriations bill passed in Congress with 326 “Yea” and 90 “Nay.”

DHS drones to dominate U.S. skies in two and a half years Plans exist to allow the widespread use of unmanned aircraft, or drones, in civilian airspace,violating numerous human rights that prompted experts and members of the U.S. Congress told a House committee this week that lawmakers must do more to protect privacy and reduce the likelihood of sabotage….

In May, a young Pakistani filmmaker of the award-winning movie about drones, The Other Side,was denied entry into the United States to receive his prestigious award at the National Film Festival for Talented Youth in Seattle. His film follows a child whose entire family was killed by a drone.  http://www.examiner.com/article/war-business-booming-pentagon-orders-531-million-worth-of-drones

August 4, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war