Britain's military drones spending tops £2bn

Britain's military drones spending tops £2bn | World news | The Guardian: "By pulling together details from parliamentary answers and MoD statements, the report says £500m has been spent on Reapers so far, and £847m has been committed to the 'Watchkeeper' system, an advanced surveillance and targeting UAV that is being tested in restricted airspace at the Parc Aberpoth base in Wales.
The government has also committed millions of pounds to researching new combat UAVs, including a £30m contract with the arms giant BAE Systems for the Mantis and Taranis drone programme.
The report says the MoD is also expected to spend £2bn on an Anglo-French initiative, the Scavenger UAV, an armed aircraft with long endurance."