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State Department Approves $239.4 Million Deal With Morocco For M88 Recovery Vehicles

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020

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State Department Approves $239.4 Million Deal With Morocco For M88 Recovery Vehicles

The M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and Evacuation System (HERCULES) vehicle. Photo: BAE Systems.

The State Department has approved a potential $239.4 million deal with Morocco for 25 of BAE Systems’ M88 recovery vehicles. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on Tuesday of the foreign military sale. The deal may include both M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and Evacuation System (HERCULES) vehicles and refurbished M88A1 long supply HERCULES vehicles. “The proposed sale will improve Morocco's capability to meet current and future combat vehicle recovery requirements. Morocco will use the enhanced capability…

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