EDO have been involved in US drones for years (see, for example, here and here), EDO MBM in Brighton manufacture arming units which are incorporated into the drone’s bomb release unit (see here and here).
In Yemen yesterday 49 people were killed in two CIA drone strikes (see here), at least eight of those people were civilians. Drone strikes are part of a policy of extrajudicial assassinations, illegal under international law.
We will be holding a public meeting about drone technology, with Chris Cole of Drone Wars UK, tomorrow evening at 7.30pm at the Friends Meeting House on Ship Street