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Moroccan King to Visit Russia by End of 2015
2015-08-21 Read More...
King Mohammed VI of Morocco will pay a visit to Russia by the end of the this year, during which a number of important bilateral agreements will be signed, Moroccan Ambassador to Russia Abdelkader Lecheheb told RIA

Royal Moroccan Navy Orders LCT Landing Craft Tank from PIRIOU
2015-07-13 Read More...
PIRIOU has just won a contract with the Royal Moroccan Navy for a 50 meters LCT (Landing Craft Tank) which will be operated in the Moroccan coastal waters.

Cubic Awarded Middle East Air Combat Training Contract
2014-04-29 Read More...
Cubic Corporation announced it was awarded a contract valued at more than $11 million to provide air combat training support to a long-time Middle East customer at multiple

AgustaWestland Signs Distribution Agreement for Morocco
2014-04-28 Read More...
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, and Heliconia Aero Solutions, the flagship Company of Heliconia Group in Morocco, announced the signing of a Distributorship Agreement for AgustaWestland helicopters models in

Report: “Morocco to Fence its Borders with Algeria”
2014-01-03 Read More...
Morocco will fence its border with Algeria at a distance of 70 km, to implement the recommendations of military officials and Moroccan

SDI: “Morocco to Focus on Homeland Security”
2013-12-13 Read More...
Risks of attacks from native terrorist gangs and the arms race with neighbouring Algeria have motivated the Moroccan government to increase its defence

Royal Moroccan Navy’s FREMM Frigate Pursues Sea Trials
2013-07-15 Read More...
The FREMM multi-mission frigate on order for the Royal Moroccan Navy is pursuing sea trials off the French coast in preparation for delivery later this year. In June, French naval shipbuilder DCNS successfully completed a third series of trials to

Royal Moroccan Navy’s FREMM Frigate Begins Sea Trials
2013-04-19 Read More...
The FREMM frigate built for the Royal Moroccan Navy put to sea for the first time on 17 April. This key milestone marks the launch of sea trials, which will be conducted over the next few weeks off the Brittany

Bombardier Starts 1st Components Production in Morocco
2013-02-11 Read More...
Bombardier Aerospace announced the start of production at its transitional facility in

New Moroccan Frigate Sails through Sea Acceptance Trials
2012-10-31 Read More...
Recently, the third and last of the Royal Moroccan Navy’s new Sigma class frigates was subjected to its Sea Acceptance Trials

UTC Aerospace Systems Inaugurates 1st Facility in Morocco
2012-10-08 Read More...
UTC Aerospace Systems recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by dignitaries, partners and suppliers to celebrate the inauguration of its new Propeller Systems facility in Casablanca,

Transfer of 3rd SIGMA Frigate to Royal Moroccan Navy
2012-09-13 Read More...
On 8 September 2012, the SIGMA Class Frigate, Allal Ben Abdellah, built by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS) in Vlissingen, was transferred to the Royal Moroccan

Royal Moroccan Air Force Receives Final 3 F-16s
2012-08-31 Read More...
The final 3 of 24 F-16 fighter aircraft for the Royal Moroccan Air Force have departed Lockheed Martin’s facility in Texas on their way to their new home in Morocco.

Morocco to Get AIM-9X Block II Missiles for its F-16 Fighters
2012-07-09 Read More...
The Kingdom of Morocco and the U.S. government executed a letter of offer and acceptance (LOA) to purchase Raytheon's AIM-9X Block II

Enhancement Package for Morocco’s M1A1 SA Abrams Tank
2012-06-21 Read More...
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress Tuesday of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco for enhancement and refurbishment of 200 M1A1 Abrams tanks and associated parts, equipment,

Royal Moroccan Air Forces Witness RG-11 B Raven Flight
2012-04-18 Read More...
Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) demonstrated the capabilities of the MEU’s Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) assets for members of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces, April 12, at Inezgane

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