Several countries, including Morocco, wish to acquire the US Army’s HADES (High-Altitude Extended-Range Detection and Surveillance) program, a new generation of electronic surveillance aircraft.
Due to tensions with Algeria, Morocco is significantly increasing its military budget and continuing the modernization of its army.
The Royal Armed Forces (FAR) have acquired the kamikaze drone SpyX from the Israeli company Bluebird Aero Systems. The device was recently tested successfully, revealing the growing power of the Moroccan army.
Morocco possesses powerful Western technology that gives its army "the ability to impose tactical air superiority on the battlefield, effectively eliminate adversary capabilities such as those of the Polisario Front or even Algeria, and reduce casualties among the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (FAR)."
Due to tensions with Morocco and Sahel countries like Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, Algeria is maintaining a high budget for defense in the 2026 finance law, close to 20%, around $25 billion, out of an estimated general national budget of around $135 billion.
As part of the DACE exercise, the anti-aircraft artillery group of the 30th Mixed Artillery Regiment (RAMIX 30), based in Ceuta, has deployed its units equipped with Oerlikon 35/90 twin-barreled cannons and Mistral missile systems. The objective is to prepare for any possible attack from Morocco, which continues to claim Ceuta and Melilla, as well as the Spanish islands and rocks.
Algeria is expecting to receive a delivery of the Russian stealth fighter Su-57 Felon from Sukhoi (Su-57 E version). A counterweight to its neighbor, Morocco, which would like to acquire American F-35s.
The Royal Moroccan Armed Forces and the French army are training in the desert as part of the 2025 edition of the Chergui exercise "designed around a scenario simulating an aggression against the territorial integrity of Morocco"
Morocco has received new American weapons to be used for border surveillance missions.
A major Spanish military operation is underway near the Moroccan coast. Reinforcements from the Legion have been deployed to the Chafarinas Islands and the Perejil Islet. This maneuver is a message.
Navantia has almost finished the construction of the patrol vessel ordered by the Royal Moroccan Navy. The delivery of the Avante 1800 is scheduled for 2026.
Morocco is among the beneficiaries of a new amendment to a technical support contract for Abrams combat tanks, the U.S. Department of Defense has announced.