Northrop Grumman Corp. was awarded a contract worth more than a billion dollars from the United States Navy to build unmanned spy planes. The company will hire workers in many cities across the United States to help in the project, including 1,700 workers in San Diego, California.

While there will be many high paying jobs in the project, the work is only guaranteed until 2014. At that point, the contract between Northrop Grumman Corp. and the Navy will expire. Over the life of the contract, the Navy hopes that around 70 unmanned spy planes can be produced.

If you would like to work on a spy plane project and you think you have the qualifications, now is the time to send in your resume. You should also make sure that the relatively short lifespan of the job would work for you. While six years of work is a long time, you may instead prefer a job that has better long-term job security.

In addition to San Diego, other cities in the United States that will be hiring workers for this project include St. Augustine, Florida and Bethpage, New York.

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