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Report: Morocco to pay $22M for Israeli drone tech

Foreign media reports that Morocco plans to manufacture Harop kamikaze drones using technology from Israel Aerospace Industries. IAI: No comment.  

by  i24NEWS and ILH Staff
Published on  12-01-2021 12:29
Last modified: 12-01-2021 12:08
Report: Morocco to pay $22M for Israeli drone techAP/Ariel Schalit

The IDF's Heron unmanned drone aircraft | File photo: AP/Ariel Schalit

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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has reportedly received $22 million in an arms deal with Morocco, amid foreign reports of sales of Harop loitering munitions, known as kamikaze drones.

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Moroccan media reported that the country is planning to manufacture drones using Israeli technology, according to The Media Line.

Sources in Morocco told the Defense News weekly last month that Israel intends to sell Morocco drones as part of normalization between the two countries. In September, the Africa Intelligence website reported that a joint venture of kamikaze drone manufacturing in Morocco was being planned.

According to Africa Intelligence, the interest in the drones is the result of an "aggressive sales pitch" by IAI.

IAI told Haaretz it could not comment on sales in Africa.

The Harop drone is an 8-foot long, unmanned "suicide" aircraft, used by Israel, India and Azerbaijan. The drone carries 44 pounds of explosives and reportedly stays flying for up to seven hours, according to Haaretz.

The drone locks onto a target, dives, and explodes on it, earning the name of the kamikaze drone.

The report comes after Defense Minister Benny Gantz's visit to Morocco last week, where he signed a defense memorandum with his Moroccan counterpart, Abdellatif Loudiyi.

According to The Washington Post, the memo reportedly "lays the foundation for security cooperation, intelligence sharing, and future arms sales" between the two states.

Morocco is also reportedly interested in Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system to "better ensure defense of the sand wall in the Sahara, but also of civil and military zones of a sensitive nature."

i24NEWS contributed to this report

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