Morocco’s aerospace industry approaches 2026 within an upward momentum dynamic, with exports exceeding 23.65 billion dirhams through October 2025, confirming sustained growth as the sector transitions toward higher value-added activities.
The industry now encompasses over 140 companies covering high-value-added trades, reflecting diversification beyond traditional assembly and component manufacturing. This expansion demonstrates Morocco’s evolution from basic subcontracting toward sophisticated aerospace manufacturing capabilities, including engineering services, advanced composites production, and precision machining operations.
Safran’s aircraft engine complex launch in Nouaceur marks a strategic turning point for the sector. The facility represents one of Morocco’s most significant aerospace investments, reinforcing industrial integration, local skills development, and global industry leaders’ confidence in the kingdom’s manufacturing capabilities. Safran’s commitment signals Morocco’s emergence as a serious aerospace manufacturing hub capable of handling sensitive, high-technology operations requiring stringent quality standards and specialized workforce competencies.
The complex will produce components for commercial aircraft engines, integrating Morocco deeper into global aerospace supply chains. Beyond immediate manufacturing operations, the facility promises technology transfer and skills development benefiting the broader Moroccan industrial ecosystem. Safran’s presence attracts additional suppliers and service providers, creating multiplier effects throughout the aerospace cluster.
Morocco’s aerospace sector development aligns with global supply chain restructuring, as manufacturers seek reliable, cost-competitive production locations outside traditional hubs. The kingdom offers political stability, proximity to European markets, established free trade agreements, and increasingly sophisticated industrial infrastructure. Investment in technical education and training programs produces skilled workers meeting aerospace industry requirements.
Within this value chain reconfiguration context, Morocco positions itself as a reliable and competitive platform, opening pathways toward new, more qualitative growth cycles. The aerospace industry’s continued expansion contributes significantly to export earnings, employment creation, and technology absorption, supporting Morocco’s broader industrialization and economic diversification objectives while establishing the kingdom as a credible aerospace manufacturing destination.
