BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | $1bn to build unmanned fighter: "A US defence contractor has received more than $1bn in funding to build a prototype unmanned fighter aircraft for the American military.
Northrop Grumman will build at least three full-scale flight prototypes for the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) over five years.
The contract win will allow Northrop to continue work on its X-47B combat drone."
I must say, as cool as the plane looks, I just do not believe so much money should be put into designing planes that murder, but nobody at the stearing wheel. If these become reality, then I think that more irresponsible acts of violence will be commited by the U.S. government.