Morocco has been selected as one of eight countries, and the only African state, covered by a new $303.6 million U.S. Department of Defense contract awarded to Northrop Grumman for long-term repair and return services of F-16 radar components. The contract, announced in the Pentagon's Nov. 13, 2025 Contracts Bulletin, runs through November 2030 and is part of the F-16 System Program Office's Foreign Military Sales (FMS) support framework. According to the DoD, the agreement provides radar maintenance for Bahrain, Bulgaria, Greece, South Korea, Slovakia, Taiwan, Jordan and Morocco, reinforcing the kingdom's growing role in the global F-16 ecosystem. The award was made on a sole-source basis, with FMS funds already obligated at the time of signing. Morocco is currently modernizing its air fleet with 24 new F-16V «Viper» jets and upgrading its existing aircraft to the same advanced standard. This follows earlier U.S. approvals of more than $50 million in F-16 tech transfers to Morocco and the launch of a heavy-maintenance hangar at Benslimane Airport, expected to be operational in 2026.
