How Morocco is massively benefiting from the surplus of US armaments

This is further proof of the density of the Rabat-Washington axis. According to data provided by the Pentagon, the Kingdom is on the podium of nations that have most benefited from the "Excess Defense Articles" (EDA) program. This system allows the United States to transfer its surplus military equipment to its privileged partners. This selection is not random: it has been validated by the Office of Strategic Capabilities (OCS) of the Department of Defense, which judges that these transfers directly serve US national security interests.

For Washington, the objective is as much technical as political: to strengthen the "interoperability" between the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) and the US military. This flow of equipment is part of the military cooperation agreement signed in 2020 and the status of major non-NATO ally that Morocco has enjoyed since 2004.

Beyond these surplus transfers, military trade is booming. The figures published in January 2025 by the State Department reveal that the portfolio of active government-to-government sales (FMS) now reaches the colossal sum of $8.545 billion. A windfall that allows Rabat to accelerate its modernization through the acquisition of new weapons, training services and cutting-edge infrastructure.