Morocco will increase its 2025 defense budget to $13 billion to strengthen its armed forces, diversify partners for acquisitions, and boost its local industry. The North African country has been steadily increasing its military spending, […]
Morocco is set to receive an unspecified number of Merkava tanks from Israel as part of the African nation’s efforts to bolster its military firepower, European news outlets have reported. The revelation comes after Israeli defense […]
Morocco has procured at least 150 drones from Israeli firm BlueBird Aero Systems to support various military missions. The acquisition comes after the two countries signed a military agreement in 2021 upon reestablishing diplomatic relations. According to […]
Morocco has started to modernize and develop its capabilities in the field of anti-submarine warfare, through two requests for the acquisition of two armed aircraft for maritime patrols, which coincides with Rabat’s readiness to start […]
The Kingdom of Morocco is intensifying its purchases of anti-aircraft systems, which have become a threat in terms of their ability to reconnaissance and attack, especially with the difficulty of targeting them using traditional defensive […]
Israel’s defense minister met with his Moroccan counterpart on Wednesday in Rabat as part of a landmark visit to formalize security cooperation between the two countries. Benny Gantz and Abdellatif Loudiyi signed a memorandum of […]
The Pentagon has approved a deal between Lockheed Martin and the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces to supply the North African country with a US air defense system. “Lockheed Martin” is preparing to intensify the production […]
The African Lion 21 exercise has begun with 7,800 troops in Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal from nine nations and NATO, U.S. Africa Command said Tuesday. The exercise, meant to prepare U.S. and partner nation forces, […]
Morocco is planning to buy Turkey’s domestically produced armored vehicle Ejder Yalçın as Nurol Makina is expanding its scope of countries to which it sells the vehicle, according to Turkish newspaper daily sabah. Turkish manufacturer […]
Morocco took delivery 24 Norinco Sky Dragon 50 medium-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems in December 2017, the Hespress.com website reported on 28 January without citing any sources. The Norinco Sky Dragon 50 consists of up […]
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