Morocco could count on Turkey to achieve its goals regarding the manufacture of military weapons on its territory. The subject was raised in a congratulatory message from King Mohammed VI to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan .
Morocco is setting up, in partnership with the Belgian aerospace group Orizio, a maintenance plant for military aircraft at the Benslimane airport.
Ten years ago, the air forces of the Moroccan gendarmerie signed a cooperation agreement with their French counterparts. The anniversary of this partnership has allowed to recall the various achievements that have been carried out and the prospects for the years to come.
The arms race continues between Algiers and Rabat. Faced with Algeria, which has recently decided to double its military budget , Morocco plans to increase its defense and armament spending by 3.6% in 2023.
The members of the Popular Party (PP) sitting on the Cádiz city council will present a proposal on Friday during a plenary session to call on the government to accelerate the start of construction of the patrol boat ordered by Morocco at Navantia in 2021.
On an official visit to Morocco from October 18 to 19, the Chief of Staff of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces, Major General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, met with several senior Moroccan army officials, including the Delegate Minister in charge of the National Defense Administration (NDA), Abdellatif Loudiyi.
In order to modernize its air fleet, Morocco is said to have received an initial batch of BELL 412 EPI helicopters ordered from the American manufacturer "Bell Textron".
The Moroccan government has just signed a loan agreement for an amount of 95 million euros with the Spanish bank Santander to finance the construction of a patrol vessel by the Spanish company Navantia.
Morocco is preparing to manufacture combat drones, as part of a military agreement with Israel.
The environmental group Verdemar denounced on Wednesday the arrival at the naval base of Peñón in the Campo de Gibraltar, near Morocco, of an American nuclear submarine (USS Florida).
Morocco has strengthened its army in equipment by acquiring the Wing Loong 2 drones, purchased from China . A first batch of these devices has recently been received by the Royal Armed Forces (FAR).
Israel has agreed to sell Spyder, an advanced air defense system, to the United Arab Emirates. Morocco could be the next customer.