Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces have purchased Israel’s Skylock Dome System to strengthen FAR’s defensive and territory control capabilities and preserve the country’s national and strategic stability.
Designed and developed by the Israeli company Skylock Systems, a subsidiary of the Avnon Group, Skylock Dome detects, verifies, and neutralizes unauthorized drones.
Morocco acquired five anti-drone defense systems from the Israeli company, the Royal Armed Forces announced in a Facebook post.
“This acquisition is part of the strengthening of the far’s capacities to protect the Kingdom’s critical and sensitive facilities, whether civilian or military,” Far-Maroc Forum said in a post.
“The Kingdom is intensifying its purchases of unmanned anti-aircraft systems or drones, which have become a threat in terms of their ability to recognize or attack with the difficulty of targeting them by conventional defense systems,” it added.
According to Israeli news outlet Globes, the system was first unveiled in February, in the United Arab Emirates at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX), the largest public security and weapons show in the Middle East held every two years in Abu Dhabi.
During the event, several deals were signed and 27 countries, including Morocco, the UAE and some East Asian countries, purchased the Skylock-made anti-drone system.
“Unlike the very large companies, Skylock specializes in simple and relatively cheap defense systems that are extremely effective and provide individual as well as broad protection against the growing threat of attack drones,”
Itzik Huber, CEO of Skylock, said at IDEX.
The news comes as Israel and Morocco continue to further cement their growing relationship on multiple fronts.
According to official reports, the two countries will sign a defense cooperation agreement covering the manufacture of drones in Morocco upon Israeli Minister of Defense Benny Gantz’s arrival in Morocco next week for a two-day official visit on November 24-25.
Last year, Morocco spent an estimated $48 million to purchase from Israel three Heron drones, a type of reconnaissance military equipment, to combat extremist or insurgent groups in Western Sahara.
The reconnaissance drones are equipped with surveillance cameras, video recording systems, and electro-optical systems for day-night vision.
Source: Morocco World News