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Meet the public companies that stand to gain from growing global demand for drones.
That giant balloon hovering above Afghanistan is not the Goodyear blimp.
It's an unmanned Lockheed Martin (LMT) aircraft that can keep an eye 24/7 on U.S. soldiers operating overseas.
Lockheed's other drones include everything from the K-MAX unmanned cargo helicopter and the next-generation Desert Hawk III to the small, silent and spookily-named Stalker.
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It's not clear how much revenue Lockheed rakes in from its drones, but these futuristic crafts are a growing part of the defense giant's $14 billion of annual aeronautics sales.
Other defense contractors like Raytheon (RTN) have been tapped by the military to upgrade drone control systems.