Northrop Grumman will unveil the B-21 Raider, the U.S. Air Force's new stealth bomber, on Dec. 2 in Palmdale, California. Six B-21s are in production inside Northrop's facility in Palmdale. A group of 15 nations led by Germany has signed the European Sky Shield Initiative to strengthen ground-based air defense capabilities using off-the-shelf systems. U.S. and international partners are focused on providing an integrated air defense system to Ukraine in the wake of a barrage of Russian attacks (page 36). North Korea claimed successful launches of two long-range cruise missiles on Oct. 12. Malaysia has selected the Leonardo ATR72 MP and Turkish Aerospace Industries Anka for its maritime patrol and uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) requirements. France is to arm its future fleet of Euro-drone medium-altitude, long-endurance UAS with MBDA's Akeron LP air-to-ground missile.
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