India defense company MKU Ltd. has announced plans to establish a manufacturing facility in Nouaceur, Morocco, for the local production of electro-optics (EO) and armor solutions.
The announcement was made Wednesday by the Indian company at the Marrakesh Air Show (Oct.07-10). Its Moroccan plant will serve as MKU’s base for exports to the African continent.
MKU is a vertically integrated defense solutions company on a mission to Empower Heroes and Enable Forces. It develops and manufactures solutions across electro-optics, survivability and aviation MRO for soldiers and platforms worldwide.
Over more than four decades, its solutions have been adopted by 230+ forces in 100+ countries, on land, in the air and at sea. MKU operates manufacturing sites in India, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
The Moroccan facility builds on a partnership that is already established. Over the past five years, MKU has supplied optronics and personal protection products to the Moroccan armed forces. Local manufacturing marks the next phase of that engagement, bringing production closer to the end user.
The factory will produce solutions from MKU’s two core portfolios: Netro Optronics, which delivers multi-sensor electro-optic systems for situational awareness, surveillance, reconnaissance and target acquisition, and Kavro Protection, which spans body armor, ballistic helmets, shields and platform armoring.
The investment of MKU in Morocco builds on the success-story of Tata Advanced Systems which is producing in the Kingdom armored combat vehicle WhAP 8×8 for the Moroccan Royal army.