Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Moroccan counterpart Abdelatif Loudyi today jointly inaugurated Tata Advanced Systems Limited’s (TASL) defence manufacturing facility in Berrechid, Morocco. Describing the inauguration as a historic moment in the evolving strategic partnership between India and Morocco, Mr Singh said that the facility will undertake the production of indigenously developed Wheeled Armoured Platform, jointly designed by TASL and Defence Research and Development Organization. Ministry of Defence said that , under the contract, TASL will deliver these vehicles to the Royal Moroccan Army, with initial deliveries scheduled to begin next month. This is the Kingdom of Morocco’s largest defence manufacturing facility, marking the first such plant by an Indian private company

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