Two years after signing a contract with the American company Raytheon for the acquisition of 4 Gulfstream G-550s, the Royal Armed Forces are preparing to receive, in early 2021, the first spy plane equipped with ISR technologies, capable of jamming enemy air defenses.
Abdellatif Loudiyi , Moroccan Minister Delegate to the Head of Government, in charge of the Defense Administration, discussed the reasons for the increase in the 2021 defense budget.
Algeria has signed a contract with Russia for the acquisition of 14 stealth fighter jets. This is a "fifth generation" multi-role fighter aircraft.
A month after signing the military cooperation agreement with the United States, the framework law for the development of a national arms industry has just been endorsed by the Moroccan parliament.
Morocco can now embark on the manufacture of weapons after the adoption of the law allowing the military establishment to establish industrial units for the manufacture of weapons on national territory. The kingdom will have to rely on the military expertise of the United States with whom it has signed a historic strategic military cooperation agreement for a period of 10 years.
During a presentation on the relationship between France and Morocco, Colonel Salahedinne Reizouni reviewed the arms contracts. In the field of equipment acquisition, the officer mentioned "ground-to-ground and ground-to-air artillery equipment [CAESAr, Mistral and Mica]", reports the latest issue of the Revue des Forces armées royales.
The Polisario claims that its army has begun to respond with the required firmness to the military operation launched by Morocco in the buffer zone of Guerguerat .
The next edition of African Lion 21 comes in a context marked by the Covid-19 health crisis. It is in this framework that Major General Andrew Rohling, Deputy Commander of the US Army in Europe and Africa, and Lieutenant General El Farouk Belkhir, Commander of the Southern Zone of the Royal Armed Forces exchanged on the preparations, Thursday in Agadir.
Morocco wants to secure its airspace and prevent any external attack. To this end, the Kingdom is said to have signed a new contract to strengthen the surveillance capabilities of its TPS-77 MRR radars.
The amphibious assault ship (PHA) Dixmude and the Moroccan frigate Mohamed V tried their hand at a bilateral exercise off the Moroccan coast. October 12, 2020 was dedicated to a range of exercises for the benefit of the PHA sailors a few days before the start of the CORYMBE mission.
Madrid is concerned about the new military agreement concluded between the United States and Morocco. Spain, which is unable to renew its arsenal, fears that the balance of power will change, with the possible delivery to Morocco of the F-35, the most expensive and most powerful aircraft in the world.
Morocco is about to take a giant step in the military industry, with the modernization on its territory of another squadron of the Royal Air Force, to reach the Viper standard. On the front of this operation, Moroccan engineers, quick to copy the know-how of the Americans.