Morocco seeks to acquire a number of Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopters from the United States, with the deal expected to be concluded within the next two years.
Morocco is understood to have been negotiating for the acquisition of Apache helicopters since April 2018 after considering the Apache and Turkey’s T-129 ATAK helicopter. The Chief of Staff of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces General Abdelfattah Louarak has already visited the United States, where he is believed to have been briefed on the attack helicopter.
According to Moroccan news source Le360, Morocco is expected to receive an undisclosed number of Apaches within next two years.
After this acquisition, Morocco will only be the second African country after Egypt to operate the Apache. Egypt is a big user of the Apache, with 46 AH-64Ds in service.
In November 2018, Egypt Air Force requested the sale of an additional 10 AH-64E Apaches for around $1 billion. These would join the Egyptian Air Force’s Kamov Ka-52s, 46 of which have been ordered.
