Safran’s Landing Gear Production Plant in Nouaceur Marks a Strategic Turning Point in the Upgrading of Morocco’s Aerospace Industry

Located within the Midparc industrial platform at the heart of the Nouaceur aerospace hub, this investment of more than €280 million illustrates “the consolidation of Morocco’s positioning as an industrial hub integrated into high value-added global supply chains,” the geostrategy expert told MAP-Paris.

For him, this development goes far beyond a simple industrial investment and forms part of a profound reconfiguration of global geopolitical balances.

Recalling that the production of landing gear systems is not a conventional assembly activity but rather a high value-added segment requiring advanced engineering, precision and international certification, he explained that this new unit—considered one of the largest landing gear manufacturing centers in the world—will strengthen the national industrial fabric in precision machining, advanced metallurgy and aerospace maintenance.

With 500 highly qualified jobs to be created and powered 100% by decarbonized energy, the project confirms “the alignment of the national industrial strategy with the requirements of sustainable competitiveness and energy transition,” he added.

At the geostrategic level, the IIEG identifies in this project the materialization of the “friendshoring” doctrine: in the face of geopolitical tensions and disruptions in global supply chains, Western powers are relocating critical production to politically reliable and geographically close partners.

Morocco, Hamadé stressed, through its stability and proximity to Europe, perfectly embodies this strategic industrial rear base.

In his view, by establishing production capacity for next-generation landing gear and engines at Europe’s doorstep, Safran is not outsourcing; rather, it is creating distributed resilience for the entire Western aerospace industry.

In the medium term, this type of investment is likely to strengthen the Kingdom’s attractiveness to other global equipment manufacturers and consolidate industrial sovereignty in strategic sectors, Hamadé affirmed, considering that “Morocco is thus taking a new step in its ambition to become a leading aerospace platform on the international stage.” By becoming an indispensable link in the global aerospace value chain, Morocco is no longer subject to globalization; it is now shaping it to its advantage.

He concluded that “in the new fragmented world order, the Kingdom is transforming its economic geography into geopolitical capital, establishing itself as a key player in Western industrial security and a development model for the African continent.”

Editorial team/le7tv