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A brand new, 21st century-style airship could soon be patrolling the skies above Afghanistan, helping protect British and other Nato troops serving there.
A £350m contract's been awarded to American military contractor Northrop Grumman, one of the world's largest defence companies.
The deal will see three Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicles (LEMV) built for the US Army within 18 months and ready for operations by early 2012.
The LEMV's will be able to endure a small amount of small arms fire
They will be able to stay in the air for up to three weeks at a time and provide what designers describe as an "unblinking eye" of surveillance for forces on the ground.
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