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February 18, 2021 – The flagship of the first focused patrol of 2021 for NATO’s maritime security operation Sea Guardian (OSG), ESPS Meteoro visited Morocco between 15-17 February 2021. After their arrival at the port of Tangiers, Meteoro’s Commanding Officer Lieutenant Commander Álvaro Muñoz-Delgado Ramírez of the Spanish Navy, met with the representatives of Morocco’s fifth Maritime Region, including their…
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January 8, 2021 (Google Translation) – Navantia has obtained a contract with the Royal Moroccan Navy to design and build a high-altitude patrol boat that will mean one million hours of work for the shipyards in the Bay of Cádiz, about 250 jobs over the next three and a half years. The Underwater Intervention Maritime Action Vessel (BAM-IS) for the…
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October 19, 2020 (Google Translation) – On October 12, 2020, the amphibious helicopter carrier (PHA) Dixmude and the Moroccan frigate Mohamed V carried out bilateral training off the Moroccan coast. A particularly busy day for the crews who carried out a series of varied exercises ranging from pursuing a suspicious track to refueling at sea, passing through phases of tactical…
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April 14, 2020 – The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Morocco of ten (10) AGM-84L Harpoon Block II Air Launched missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $62 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today. The Government…
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