US Approves Sale of Advanced MQ-9B Drones to Morocco in Landmark Deal

The sale of four sophisticated MQ-9B SeaGuardian drones to Morocco negotiated under the Trump administration as part of the Abraham Accords concluded last December will be maintained, reports Reuters. A source close to the case said the Biden administration will not backtrack. The continuation of this policy will have a positive impact. This decision will bring hundreds of millions and possibly billions of dollars in U.S. sales to the governments of Taiwan, India, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates who in the past were not allowed to buy them, the British news agency points out.

Morocco can therefore expect to receive its order of four latest generation MQ-9B SeaGuardian drones manufactured by the American company General Atomics. The Trump administration had transmitted, on December 11, 2020, a notice to Congress regarding the sale of armed drones and precision-guided weapons to the kingdom for an amount of one billion dollars. These drones have a range of more than 11,000 kilometers, which would allow them to cover large expanses of sea or desert.