Army General James C. McConville, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, began a journey that led him on Monday to two senior Moroccan military officials.
Morocco will acquire four G550 electronic warfare and reconnaissance aircraft of the ISR type following an agreement with the American private aircraft manufacturer, Gulfstream Aerospace in 2019.
Morocco would intend to acquire Turkish T129 ATAK attack helicopters to further strengthen its armament.
Morocco has ordered fighter jet engines from the American company Raytheon, specialized in defense systems. This will further strengthen its armament.
Morocco attaches importance to strengthening the air surveillance capabilities of its borders. In this sense, the kingdom has acquired twelve Turkish drones.
The new military attack drones acquired by Morocco from Turkey for 30 million euros will be transferred to the Al-Aroui base in Nador, only 30 kilometers from Melilla.
The diplomatic crisis between Morocco and Spain does not affect the delivery of a state-of-the-art patrol boat for the Royal Armed Forces (FAR). Navantia plans to start its manufacture in 2022.
David Govrin, head of the diplomatic mission of Tel Aviv in Rabat , said that Morocco and Israel have signed their first cooperation agreement in the field of cyber defense.
Morocco is now France’s top customer in Africa in terms of arms acquisitions, dethroning Algeria. This emerges from the annual report on arms exports in 2020 that the French Ministry of the Armed Forces sent to Parliament.
The far-right party Vox is asking the Spanish government not to transfer the 30 million euros in aid, approved by the Council of Ministers in the wake of the migration crisis in Ceuta , and intended to strengthen the capacities of the Moroccan police forces in the fight against illegal immigration.
A Moroccan air force plane landed on Sunday at the Hatzor military base, located in central Israel. A first.
Spain is concerned about a possible transfer of the US military base in Rota to Morocco. The military agreement between the United States and its northern neighbor on the occupation of this base on the Atlantic coast in the southwest of the Iberian peninsula expired this year.