India’s first overseas defence facility in Morocco
BILATERAL – INDIA-AFRICA
24 SEPTEMBER 2025
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Moroccan counterpart, Abdelatif Loudyi, inaugurated Tata Advanced Systems Limited’s (TASL) defence manufacturing facility in Berrechid, Morocco.
- This is the first such overseas plant by an Indian firm.
- The 20,000 square metre facility will produce the indigenously developed Wheeled Armoured Platform (WhAP) 8×8, jointly designed by TASL and India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
- According to the Ministry of Defence, it was a “historic moment” in India-Morocco ties.
