Morocco succeeds in developing a suicide drone with a range of 1,500 km
The P2 drone, manufactured by the Moroccan company Ballistic Defense System, was displayed on the sidelines of the Marrakech Air Show 2024.
The drone has a range of 1,500 km and a warhead weighing 40 kg.
The Moroccan suicide drone project
P-2 is developed by a Moroccan company called Ballistic Defense System, founded by a group of Moroccan experts residing abroad who decided to return to establish their company in Rabat in 2023. It includes engineers and contractors who studied and worked at NASA and ancient Western universities and accumulated great experience in Their specialties.
The competencies that ensure the development of the company’s projects specialize in artificial intelligence (AI), embedded electronic systems, and aerospace engineering.
The Moroccan suicide drone is capable of reaching a range of 1,500 km and carrying a warhead weighing up to 40 kg.
The company was founded by Moroccan engineers graduated from European and American universities.
The company is developing 3 different drones:
P1 with a range of 500 km
P2 with a range of 1500 km
The
P3 is under development with a larger range
This is only from B
allistic Defense System.
There are also two new Moroccan companies that displayed their suicide drones: X-AR, which displayed a “kamikaze” suicide drone with a range of 500 kilometers, and Aerodrive as well.
There are three Moroccan companies that revealed suicide drones
The Moroccan company BDS reveals a suicide drone with a range of 50 km and an explosive payload of 6 kg, a second version with a range of 1,500 km and an explosive payload of 40 kg, and a third long-range version for coordination.
The Moroccan company Xar reveals a suicide march with a range of 500 km and an explosive payload of 20 kg.
The Moroccan company Aerodrive reveals a suicide mission without additional information
It is a project that has completed experiments and succeeded in receiving support from the government at the exhibition
This means that serial production of the first version will begin, with a range of 500 km and a warhead of 20 kg
The drone is called Desert Falcon from XAR Company
What is wonderful is that all parts of the drone are 100% Moroccan made.
Static targets 500 km
Moving targets: Line of Sight (LOS), meaning 150 km maximum range in ideal conditions.