Victorian companies scramble for a slice of Trump's $70b US military spend

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Source: Yahoo7 News


April 3, 2017, 10:33 am


The US president could be a boon for the Victorian economy after promising a $70 billion injection into his nation's military with Melbourne companies among those scrambling for action.


The six Melbourne-based companies are angling for lucrative military contracts as Donald Trump seeks to "rebuild the depleted" US military by ramping up Pentagon and defence spending, the Herald Sun reports.

Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne is heading to Canada and the US this week to meet with senior defence officials and members of Congress to lobby for the Australian manufacturers.

Mr Pyne will spruik the Australian companies, some of which are already contracted to produce military tech and hardware..................

Read more: https://au.news.yahoo.com/technology/a/34888895/trumps-boost-to-military-spending-a-possible-boom-for-victorias-economy/#page1

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[IronLionZion]

1. Donny is such a job creator

If the elderly losing meals on wheels get hungry enough, they can eat the fighter jets.

[FakeNoose]

2. I don't understand, this can't be right

He's creating jobs in Australia?

Who voted for him in Australia, anyway?

[riversedge]

4. OH, sounds just like the trud don!! --creating jobs in Down Under!

[ananda]

3. Corrupt .. dishonest .. duplicitous .. traitor!

45 is toxic scum through and through!

[Sunlei]

5. Republicans! get 35 of those "2 billion dollar each"- military blimps with a camera!

huge profits!

U.S. army surveillance blimp escapes from military base and wreaks havoc in Pennsylvania

A high-tech U.S. military blimp designed to detect a missile attack came loose on Wednesday and wreaked havoc as it floated from Maryland into Pennsylvania while dragging more than a mile of cable and knocking out power to thousands.

The U.S. military scrambled two armed F-16 fighter jets to keep watch as the massive blimp traveled into civilian airspace after coming untethered from its base at Aberdeen Proving Ground, a U.S. Army facility 40 miles (65 km) northeast of Baltimore.

Pentagon officials said they were unsure why the 242-foot-long blimp broke free at 12:20 p.m. Military officials wrestled for hours over the best way to bring it down safely, but eventually it deflated on its own.