While India is heavily dependent on foreign companies for the procurement of arms and ammunition, a Tata group company has established a manufacturing plant for armoured vehicles in Morocco. India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Casablanca-based manufacturing unit in the presence of Morocco’s Minister Delegate for National Defence Abdeltif Loudyi. Tata Group's Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) has established a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Berrechid to produce the Wheeled Armored Platform.

TASL-DRDO project in Morocco

With this, it became the first overseas defence manufacturing facility established by a private Indian company. The advanced combat vehicles will be made in partnership with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The TASL plant

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