Morocco Bolsters Air Defense with Advanced Thales Ground Master 400 Radar System

"As part of the development and renewal plan for surveillance and location means to protect the airspace of the Kingdom, the Royal Armed Forces received, last July, a Ground Master 400 radar from the European company Thales, under an agreement signed in 2019," says the Far-Maroc forum in a Facebook post on Monday. This radar, "capable of detecting current and future air threats up to 500 km," was first used in Morocco in 2013, in its GM403 version, and "has proven to be very effective," the post notes.

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The Ground Master 400 radar, according to its designer, the Thales group, is highly appreciated for its high level of mobility, its exceptional reliability and its unparalleled performance in terms of air surveillance and defense worldwide. Fully digital, it allows long-range detection of threats evolving at low altitude, including drones evolving at low speed, the Thales group specifies in a press release.

"With the Ground Master 400, the Royal Moroccan Air Force holds a decisive advantage in terms of protecting its territory and air surveillance," says Christophe Salomon, Deputy CEO of Land and Air Systems at the group, quoted in the press release. The Thales group currently has 81,000 employees in 68 countries.